The NY entrepreneur swapping startups for charity


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  • Thursday, 30 Jun 2016

Alexandre Mars, founder and CEO of Epic Foundation, speaks at the 'Fast-Track cities: ending the AIDS epidemic' event at the New York Public Library in New York June 6, 2016. Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, and the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, have convened a meeting in New York, United States of America, in collaboration with UNAIDS and the Fast-Track cities partners, UN-Habitat and the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), on ending the AIDS epidemic in cities by 2030. The meeting, made possible by the MAC AIDS Fund, was held at the New York Public Library on 6 June, ahead of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, which is to take place at the United Nations Headquarters from 8 to 10 June. / AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY

NEW YORK: After making millions before turning 40, a New York-based entrepreneur is dreaming of transforming charitable giving by bringing his startup stardust and venture-capital spirit to the world of NGOs. 

Alexandre Mars set up Epic Foundation in 2014 with the goal of providing rich benefactors with a more transparent opportunity to donate to projects benefiting children and young people under the age of 25 in Brazil, India, South-East Asia, the United States, West Africa and Western Europe. 

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