Paul Rice

Paul Rice is an award-winning social entrepreneur and the founder of Fair Trade USA, the leading certifier of Fair Trade products in North America. Under Rice’s leadership, Fair Trade became one of the fastest growing segments of the food and beverage industries in North America, benefitting over 1 million farmers and workers in 70 countries worldwide.

Rice has been named Ethical Corporation’s 2019 Business Leader of the Year and has been recognized four times as Social Capitalist of the Year by Fast Company magazine. Rice is also a recipient of the prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the World Economic Forum’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Ashoka Fellowship.