R. Paul Herman
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R. Paul Herman

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R. Paul Herman* is a globally recognized leader in investing that pursues positive impact and profit. Herman founded and leads HIP (Human Impact + Profit) Investor, which licenses more than 125,000 impact investment ratings of stocks, bonds, REITs, and funds to investors, investment advisors, wealth advisors, fund managers, hedge funds, fiduciaries, and retirement plans, including 401(k)s. HIP’s Impact and ESG Ratings have helped drive the Peter Drucker Index and Newsweek's Green Ratings. HIP Investor's Portfolios and Strategies focus on “great places to work,” sustainable real estate, global dividends, and sustainability leaders. Herman’s 2010 text-book, e-book, and audio-book "The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World" is published by John Wiley & Sons), and is included in 28 university, MBA and MPA curricula worldwide on finance, capital markets and impact investing. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus highlighted HIP Investor's impact scorecard as a "new yardstick for business" in his book, "Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism" (Public Affairs, 2008). Herman and the HIP team have advised leading companies, including Walmart, Nike, Cisco and Charles Schwab, on measuring sustainability and how it drives business value; and advised cities across the USA and Canada on how to fund and finance climate action plans. Herman is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, advised Boards and executives while with McKinsey and Company, found and funded social entrepreneurs at Ashoka.org, and shaped and measured impact investments at eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s Network. Herman is an advisor to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Net Impact and Sustainable Brands. Born in Chicago, Herman has traveled to 40 countries and has lived in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., New York City, Mexico City and Sydney, Australia. He now resides in his adopted city of San Francisco, with his wife Gayle Keck, an award-winning travel and food writer and branding expert. * R. Paul Herman is CEO, a licensed Series 65, and a registered representative of HIP Investor Inc., an investment adviser registered in California, Washington, and Illinois. Photo Credit: (C) Laura Read, 2010
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