12 social entrepreneurs who are changing the world

Mar 31, 2016

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Doing well by doing good ... meet this year's Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs Image: Reuters

Hilde Schwab

Chairperson and Co-Founder, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, World Economic Forum Geneva

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