How Entrepreneurship Can Save Our Planet
TerraCycle Include USA
Keynote Speaker: Tom Szaky
Tom Szaky, 29, is the Founder and CEO of Terracycle, Inc., one of the world's foremost leaders in eco-capitalism and upcycling. He is the founder of the world's very first product made from and packaged in waste. These are the first consumer products to earn the right to carry the Zerofootprint seal. In 2006, Inc. Magazine named TerraCycle "The Coolest Little Startup In America" and in that same year, Tom was named the "#1 CEO in America Under 30." He has been nominated by Forbes Magazine as one of the 30 top social entrepreneurs. His idea has been named one of the 100 Brilliant Ideas in 2010 and received the EcoVisionary Award for the Green Business League. He has been featured on CNBC, Fast Company, and on a National Geographic mini-series. He often contributes to the New York Times You're The Boss Blog.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, Tom emigrated with his family as political refugees from Hungary to Holland and eventually to Canada. He founded Terracycle in a crowded basement of an old office building in Princeton. He began selling the little-known worm poop fertilizer to Home Depot and Walmart. Today, over 70,000 organizations have helped collect over 2 billion pre- and post-consumer wrappers and the company's revenues amount to over $13 million.