The Beyond Capital Podcast

In the United States, there is one doctor for every five patients. But in rural India, there is one doctor for every 50,000 patients.

In this episode, we speak with Anurag Jain. Anurag is the Chairman and CEO of Access Healthcare, which has over 13,000 employees in India, the US, and the Philippines. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Perot Jain, a venture capital firm. Anurag is on the Board of several companies, global think tanks, and nonprofit organizations. He was previously a Vice-President at Dell.

"Understanding local cultural nuances is extremely important - it's why the United Nations of the world can do big things in some places, but get it very wrong in others," says Anurag. "The more you have, the more responsibility you have to the rest of the world."

Dive back in and hear from the purpose-driven CEOs we highlighted in Season 1 of the Beyond Capital Podcast. Your host Eva Yazhari was inspired by Dan's story, and wrote about his work at Gravity Payments in her new book, The Good Your Money Can Do. Click here to learn more and get your copy.

Hear from Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments. Many people know him for his decision to give up most of his own salary so that everyone at his company would make a minimum wage of $70,000. Gravity Payments is a credit card and payment processing company catering to small businesses. Dan is publishing a book, "Worth It," about his experiences.

Despite productivity in the United States rising by 70% over the last 40 years, the hourly pay of most workers has stagnated, increasing only 11.6% over that same time period. The median household annual income today is approximately $55,000 (pre-Covid-19).

"Small businesses unquestionably make our lives better, make our communities better," says Dan. "When I announced I was taking a $1 million pay cut to pay everyone $70,000 a year, the situation was that I was now in a community where everybody could meet their needs. And Gravity Payments became more about the people and the principles behind the company."

Dive back in and hear from the purpose-driven CEOs we highlighted in Season 1 of the Beyond Capital Podcast. Your host Eva Yazhari was inspired by Kristin's story, and wrote about her work at Revolution Foods in her new book, The Good Your Money Can Do. Click here to learn more and get your copy.

12 million children in the U.S. lack access to healthy food, leading to childhood obesity doubling in the last 30 years. On top of that, providing healthy school meals has a positive correlation to students' academic outcomes. Learn about Kristin Richmond, the co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods, a school lunch provider serving over 2.5 million meals a week! Revolution Foods is ranked as one of the healthiest school meal providers in the U.S., directly addressing food insecurity for low-income students with after-school programs, community cooking classes, and nutrition education.

With their "kid-inspired, chef-crafted" meals, Revolution Foods emphasizes sustainable supply chains, healthy eating habits, and reducing food waste - all while serving 1.2 million servings of fruit per week in more than 400 cities!

"The link between what I'm doing as a parent, as a community member, and as a CEO is a real honor," says Kristin. "Despite the challenges, purpose and a bigger belief in what I am doing has fueled me to stay in the game."

According to a 2016 study, 58% of Americans’ calorie intake, on average, comes from ultra-processed foods. Ultra-processed foods account for 90% of the added sugars Americans eat.

In this episode, learn from Katlin Smith. Katlin is the founder and CEO of Simple Mills, a food company that focuses on nutritious baked goods, like crackers, baking mixes, and more and distributes in more than 20,000 stores. Kaitlin previously worked in consulting.

"When you extract too much from your team or from the land, it has long-term downstream implications," says Katlin. "I think about us as advancing the holistic health of the people on this planet as well as the planet itself. We do that by changing the food that people eat."

Americans use about 50 billion plastic water bottles per year. However, the recycling rate for plastic is only 9%, which means that 40+ billion water bottles – more than $1 billion worth of plastic – are wasted each year.

In this episode, learn from Shadi Bakour, the founder and CEO of PathWater, a company that manufactures reusable, refillable water bottles, with the mission of ending single use plastic in the industry. Shadi previously founded Exumme, a technology hardware company, and has held positions at Booz Allen and The Abraaj Group.

"What we're doing is much bigger than Pathwater. There is a movement against single-use plastic, and we are really proud of leading that movement within our space," says Shadi. "We need to build the infrastructure on a global scale to create access to clean water in places where it's not as accessible."