: James Citron is a social entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist committed to using technology and business as a force for good. As CEO of Pledge, named Fast Company’s #2 Most Innovative Company in the world, Citron has raised ~$200 million for 50,000 nonprofits globally. While running Pledge, he's helped to fund over 1 billion meals to end childhood hunger, clean drinking water for 1 million people, and the largest civilian evacuation in American history, saving over 2,000 lives during the fall of Afghanistan. Previously, James ran two companies in the mobile marketing space, leading them from inception to over $100m in annual revenue and both to successful exits to Blackstone & Silver Lake companies. James is personally passionate about helping to eradicate illiteracy, homelessness, and hunger and empowering female entrepreneurship. Citron is a native Angeleno, a graduate of Princeton University, and lives in Venice with his wife and two children.