Sriram Bharatam
Founder, Kuza Biashara
Sri, a leading serial and social entrepreneur, is creating opportunities for the bottom billion, especially young women, men, and small business owners from low-income communities to learn, connect, and grow across Africa and Asia. His work with Kuza One has empowered over 6.0 million people and created 150,000 new jobs impacting 10 of the UN SDGs.
Sri’s efforts have gotten him global recognitions like the Kauffman Award for Social Entrepreneurship, EO Global Citizen of the Year Award, Unreasonable FUTURE fellow, and Randi Carrol Award. Sri has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, an MBA in International Business from Maastricht, an Executive Education in Entrepreneurship from MIT, and a graduate of the Global Leadership Academy from the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.