“Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get five-dollar nets to 500 million people?”

American entrepreneur and author

Jacqueline Novogratz is an American entrepreneur and author. She is the founder and chief executive of Acumen, a nonprofit venture capital fund that applies business methods to the problem of global poverty. Her work centers on social enterprise and on using investment to support practical solutions for people living in poverty. Through Acumen, she has helped shape a model that brings entrepreneurial thinking to philanthropy and development.