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Jed Emerson (born March 6th, 1959 in New York City) is a global thought leader, author and lecturer currently serving as Chief Impact Officer of Tiedemann Advisors. Emerson joined Tiedemann as Global Lead of Impact Investing after serving on the Firm’s Internal Impact Advisory Council and External Investment Committee from 2018 to 2021. Jed facilitates the strategy and implementation of Tiedemann’s impact investing practice and focuses on deepening the firm’s expertise and capabilities as well as helping identify effective impact solutions.

Early Career Jed began his career as a peer tutor in Spanish Harlem and in his 20s went on to become founding director of Larkin Street Services, a program serving homeless youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was founding director of REDF, a venture philanthropy investing exclusively in social enterprises employing and empowering people overcoming barriers to work. REDF was launched by George R. Roberts, of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. While at REDF, Emerson convened what may have been the first working group to formalize a methodology to calculate Social Return on Investment, (SROI). Jed has served on various boards of directors, including as a founding board member of Pacific Community Ventures.

Career Jed has founded or co-founded some of the nation’s leading impact investing, venture philanthropy, community venture capital and social enterprises. He is Senior Fellow with ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services Firm. From 2011 to 2017, he was also senior strategic advisor to five family offices with over $1.4 billion in total assets, each executing 100 percent impact/sustainable investment strategies with their total net worth. Originator of the concept of Blended Value (2001), Jed has given presentations at The World Economic Forum, The Clinton Global Initiative, The Skoll World Forum and countless other conferences and professional meetings around the world. He is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg University (Germany) and the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth at the University of Zurich, and has held faculty appointments with Oxford University, Harvard, Stanford and Kellogg business schools.

Books Jed has authored numerous articles and papers on social entrepreneurship and investing, including the first book on the topic of impact investing, “Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference,” winner of the 2012 Nautilus Gold Book Award and the first book on impact investing. In 2018, he released his eighth book, titled “The Purpose of Capital: Elements of Impact, Financial Flows and Natural Being” available digitally for free at www.purposeofcapital.org.

Personal Life Jed married Norwegian born, Mia Haugen, in July 2010. After living in San Francisco from 2012 - 2019, the couple relocated from California and Colorado, and currently live on the East Coast of the United States.