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Jeffrey Skoll
Jeffrey Skoll
Canadian Businessman
Born: Jan 16, 1965
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We remain committed to inspiring and compelling social change to the world's most pressing problems through the power of great stories and engaging our audiences to take meaningful action. Jeffrey Skoll
Great Change World Problems Power Action Our Pressing Remain Through Inspiring Take Great Stories Most Audiences Committed Stories Social Social Change Meaningful Engaging Compelling
By 2007, 85% of Americans cited climate change as an important issue, compared with just 33% in prior years. The phrase we invented, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' became a part of the lexicon. Jeffrey Skoll
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As a philanthropist, I give away a lot of money every year. Yet I thought there was a higher leverage to come in and create movies and TV shows that were actually able to do some good in the world. Jeffrey Skoll
Good World Money Thought Year Every Philanthropist TV TV Shows Able Some Give Higher Come Were Lot Movies Create Shows Away Actually Leverage
My views tend to be centrist. I'm not a big fan of George W., but my politics tend to be more Republican than not. Jeffrey Skoll
Politics Big More Tend George Big Fan George W Than Fan Republican Centrist Views
My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway. Jeffrey Skoll
People Will Power Important Entertaining Reach Message Messages Make Course Sure Still Goal Wanted Movies Them Include Watch Leverage
As an industry, the film industry is better than most. It's not perfect - I wish every company would carbon-offset their productions - but it's better than one would expect. Jeffrey Skoll
Better Not Perfect Wish Every Would Perfect Most Industry Expect Than Productions Company Film Film Industry
Young entrepreneurs, in general, feel they're too busy running their companies, which I think is a mistake. But once they're older, you see much more of a propensity to be involved in philanthropy. Jeffrey Skoll
You Mistake Young Older Busy Think Too Philanthropy Once Running See Propensity General More Entrepreneurs Feel Involved Which Much Companies
At Participant, I am the board. I am the sole greenlight at the company. If something happened to me, that would be a problem. Jeffrey Skoll
Me Problem Sole Would Would-Be Something Participant Am Happened Board Company
It's a real concern of mine every day. What can we do? How much can we do? How quickly can we address all these important things? Jeffrey Skoll
Day Every Day Important Important Things Every Address Mine Concern How Real How Much Quickly Much Things
The goal of Participant is to tell stories that serve as catalysts for social change. With our television channel, we can bring those stories into the homes of our viewers every day. Jeffrey Skoll
Day Change Every Day Every Channel Our Those Television Tell Participant Goal Stories Social Social Change Viewers Homes Serve Bring
I backpacked around the world and went to places like Mexico City and Pakistan, where I'm like, 'Oh. Things aren't quite as good.' Jeffrey Skoll
Good World City Like Around Mexico Mexico City Quite Oh Where Places Pakistan Things
We gravitated to the idea of social entrepreneurs when it was a fairly nascent thing. We began to build the organization, focused on investing in and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Not long after that, we realized there was another opportunity to help bring them together and tell their stories. Jeffrey Skoll
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If you believe that people are basically good, and you remove obstacles, then they'll do the right thing by each other. Jeffrey Skoll
Good You Do The Right Thing People Remove Believe Other Right Thing Obstacles The Right Thing Then Each Right Thing Basically
It's in my own interest - it's in everybody's interest - to have streets that are safe, children that are educated, and drug use that's diminished, crimes that are not affecting us. Jeffrey Skoll
Own Everybody Crimes Diminished My Own Safe Educated Affecting Children Interest Us Use Streets

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