Heerad Sabeti

Heerad Sabeti is co-founder and CEO of TRANSFORMS, FB, a social enterprise that markets an innovative category of art and décor products for consumer and commercial use worldwide. TRANSFORMS was created as a laboratory for implementation of the For-Benefit organizational model, with irrevocable commitments to social purpose, inclusive ownership and governance, social and environmental responsibility, fair compensation, accountability, transparency and allocation of all profits to public purposes.

Sabeti is committed to pursuing systemic solutions to social and environmental challenges. In 1998, he led the development of "The Emerging Fourth Sector," which introduced a strategy for designing a new sector of organizations (dubbed "For-Benefit" enterprises) that harness entrepreneurial energy to shape a more just, equitable and sustainable future. He has organized numerous national and international convenings devoted to the Fourth Sector movement, and is co-founder and trustee of the Fourth Sector Network, a neutral connector of individuals and organizations whose work advances the emerging Sector.

Sabeti serves on the Advisory Boards of the Center for International Business Education and Research at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, and the Aspen Institute's Intersectoral Relations Initiative. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.

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