Scott Harrison

Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a nonprofit organization focused on providing clean and safe drinking water to communities in developing nations. He established the organization in 2006 after spending a decade as a nightclub promoter in New York City and subsequently volunteering with Mercy Ships in West Africa. He is best known for pioneering a 100 percent public donation model, in which all public contributions fund water projects while a separate pool of private donors covers operational costs, and for authoring the New York Times bestselling memoir Thirst.