Future of the Business World Podcast · Wharton Global Youth Program

Genvizion's Global Citizens Create Connection through Collaboration

September 27, 2023·24 min·1 clip

At age 10, Christina Kantamikulu led a village beach cleanup that drew over 300 people.

1. Future of the Business World Podcast centers on Genvizion's Global Citizens Create Connection through Collaboration, with Christina Kantamikulu linking finance, sustainability, and youth leadership. 2. Host Diana Drake introduces Christina Kantamikulu as the co-grand prize winner of Wharton Global Youth's comment-and-win contest and a senior at Shanghai American School. 3. The episode asks what global citizenship means, why young people should shape business decisions, and how GenVision turns that idea into action. 4. Christina says she grew up in Shanghai, has Greek and Chinese roots, and spent summers in Legrena, Greece. 5. At age 10, she saw a beach covered in plastic and organized family, relatives, and villagers into a cleanup that drew over 300 people. 6. She says the cleanup ended with five huge bags of trash and taught her the power of initiative. 7. Christina describes GenVision as a rebrand from an earlier impact-focused initiative into a broader platform for young people. 8. She says the organization now creates educational resources, posts on a blog, and is developing a council. 9. On global citizenship, she defines it as transcending borders, understanding interconnectedness, and collaborating across differences. 10. She links that view to entrepreneurship by arguing that innovation comes from voices, experiences, and ideas working together. 11. Christina defines impact investing as seeking financial returns and positive impact at the same time. 12. She says research shows those goals are not mutually exclusive and can even increase returns. 13. She traces the GenVision Impact Fund to young people having ideas but lacking resources to make them real. 14. She cites Muhammad Yunus and Kiva as inspirations for microloans and support for entrepreneurs in developing countries. 15. Christina says GenVision raised funds through online events, in-person events, collaborations, cold emails, and local outreach in Shanghai. 16. She gives an example of Isha in India, who launched the Education Empowerment Club after working with GenVision and receiving a grant of a few thousand dollars. 17. She says the new GenVision Global Council is meant to give youth from different regions a voice in priorities and local concerns. 18. Christina says the council application drew over 500 applicants after one week, showing demand for representation. 19. The conversation stays interview-driven and practical, with Christina answering directly, adding examples, and moving from personal story to organizational details. 20. Listeners interested in youth entrepreneurship, impact investing, and global collaboration would likely get the most from it.

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A clear look at how Christina Kantamikulu presents GenVision as a way to move finance toward social good.

The conversation treats finance as a tool for moving resources toward social good, with Christina Kantamikulu laying out why she built GenVision and its Impact Fund.

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