Ben Rattray — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World (2012) and Fortune's 40 Under 40 rising business leaders (2012).
Received the Commonwealth Club of California's 21st Century Visionary Award in 2014.
Founder & CEO of Change.org, the world's largest platform for social change, with over 500 million users in 196 countries.
Founded Change.org in 2007, initially as a social network for activism before transitioning to a petition platform in 2011.
Graduate of Stanford University (Political Science and Economics) and the London School of Economics.

Biography

Ben Rattray is an American entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Change.org, an online petition website he launched in 2007. Change.

org has grown to become the world's largest platform for social change, connecting over 500 million users across 196 countries. Rattray leads the strategic vision for the platform, which enables individuals to organize and advocate for change on local, national, and global issues.