Highlights of More Recently
Recognized Noble Leaders.

GARY GREENBERG

Formerly Head of Global Emerging Markets, Federated Hermes International

Gary grew up in Chicago, received his undergraduate degree at Carleton College in Comparative Religion and graduated at the top of his MBA class at Thunderbird (now part of the University of Arizona).  He started a career in Finance in 1985 at Continental Bank, covering Chicago-based multinational organizations. He then spent one year in institutional equity sales in New York before starting a 33-year investing career in Chicago, New York, Hong Kong. and London.  He was amongst the first international portfolio managers to invest in China, India, Peru, and Indonesia.  During his career, he received over 30 industry awards for investment performance and social responsibility. Over the last decade of his career he ranked in the top 1% of emerging market fund managers, and in his final year, managing over $17 billion, he received the coveted Fund Manager of the Year award from Investment Week, the premier investment publication in the United Kingdom.

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Gary used the authority gained through successful investment performance to advocate for responsibility in investing, a vocal and respected proponent of applying ethics to the process of investing for the long term. He maintains an interest in the investment world through his membership in the investment sub-committee of King’s College in London and consults with various organizations on investment-related matters.    Married in 1988, he and his wife have two adult children and now live in the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York, having recently relocated from London.

Gary has spent nearly half a century studying and practicing both Western and Eastern spirituality.  Over the past 25 years, he has concentrated on Buddhist study and practice, first under Thich Nhat Hanh, in the Plum Village Tradition, where in 2010 he became an ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, and more recently under Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, a Tibetan Dzogchen Master.  Most of his working life was an exercise in trying to balance the spiritual and the material, and he was able to introduce regular meditation practice to his and other companies in the City of London.  Now that he is retired he spends several hours a day in meditation along with spiritual study.  In addition, Gary serves as a spiritual mentor to many practitioners in the US and the UK. 

In this article he wrote in March 2021, “Zen and the Art of Investment Management: Exploring Mindfulness as a Vehicle for Truly Responsible Investing,” Gary explains how investors and intermediaries can help ensure that their actions serve both themselves and their clients and people, planet, and prosperity.   In this way, Gary demonstrates NOBLE LEADERSHIP IN THE EMERGENT REALITY.

Daniel Goldstein

Daniel Goldstein’s emphasis on collaborative participation in generative communities is deep rooted in his earliest foundational influences.  Daniel’s journey of leadership began at an early age and is evident throughout his career, nonprofit, and educational achievements.  His life journey has taken him across countries, continents, and cultures as he works with others to build companies, social causes, teams, and networks.  He has been a prolific public speaker, writer, student, and mentor.

Daniel grew up as first generation American.  His parents emigrated from Europe.  His father arrived on a Fulbright Scholarship from England after earning his undergraduate degree.  His mother arrived in the late 1930s as a refugee of war without citizenship, having escaped Nazi Germany with her family.  Daniel was raised believing that societies need to be inclusive to fight against the divisiveness which caused generations of his ancestors to flee from persecution.  Rather than playing competitive sports, he spent his childhood years deeply immersed in outdoor activities, learning self-reliance, community, and respect for the natural world.

At 18 years old, Daniel founded his first business, a franchise house painting business with 23 employees.  He credits his success as the highest grossing franchise across North America that year as being driven by his philosophy to lead by example.

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His most formative education was simultaneously completing two master’s programs at Rensselaer, an MBA in finance and a master’s in science and technology studies.  These programs balanced sound economic sustainability with social responsibility and ethics.  He went on from there to work at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City.  There, Daniel was moved by Mr. Kauffman’s lifelong focus to create a company and a foundation supporting people to reach greater economic self-determination.

Daniel then lived in Europe for 15 years and, based there, managed investments, businesses, and philanthropic programs around the world.  He created an international program for children with serious illnesses.  The program has influenced the development and creation of spin off programs touching the lives of thousands of children and families across Europe. 

In 2016, having returned to live in the US, Daniel entered the world of employee ownership.  Here he says he at long last found the purpose that tied together his previous half century of education, work, and life.  He took over as President and CEO of a 132-year-old company which had been primarily a family-owned and controlled media conglomerate.  The disintermediation of media by the internet, along with prior business decisions, had created deep financial instability and toxicity in the company culture.  Daniel developed and led a team to set up a holding company structure, diversified the business by acquiring manufacturing businesses, and developed a strong employee ownership culture.  In 2020, the company achieved its highest valuation since starting its ESOP in 1986, and has gone on to achieve year-on-year share value increases.  In 2022, the company was awarded the national Employee Owned Company of the Year by The ESOP Association.

Daniel has testified before Congress about the benefits of employee ownership and has actively advocated for greater awareness of, and access to, employee ownership across America and internationally.  He knows that when employees can invest their labor to earn equity in their company, they can accrue the resources to create a secure financial future for themselves and their families, which in turn creates more vibrant communities.

Today Daniel serves on several Boards of employee-owned companies and continues to promote employee ownership through research, writing, teaching, speaking, advocacy, and meeting with business owners curious to learn how they transition their business to employee ownership.

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