How I Raised $700 Million: Charity: Water Founder: Scott Harrison | E153

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 20, 2022

Duration

1h 16m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

This episode is part of our USA series, over the coming weeks you will get to see some incredible conversations with guests the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Bringing more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise. Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of Charity: Water, one of the most innovative non-profit organisations in the world. Bringing the Netflix model to the charity sector, Scott has built a positive community around trying to bring drinking water to the 700 million people who don't have access to it. To help Scott in his mission, we are donating 100% of the advertising revenue from this episode to help people access clean water. If you’d like to donate also, click here: https://www.charitywater.org/thediaryofaceo Topics: 00:00 Intro 01:21 Early Years 10:58 Attention seeking & becoming a nightclub promoter 15:22 Being deprived of fun led me into drugs and alcohol abuse 21:17 Finding my purpose 29:22 Leaving my life and vice behind 35:41 Humanitarian work in Africa and its impact on me 41:58 How did it feel helping people & starting your own charity? 48:01 Promoting clean water for the whole world 56:40 What struggles did the charity face? 01:05:15 Work-life balance 01:07:11 The importance of giving and service 01:13:14 Our last guest's question Are you ready to think like a CEO? Gain access to the 100 CEOs newsletter here: ⁠https://bit.ly/100-ceos-newsletter Scott: https://www.instagram.com/scottharrison/ https://twitter.com/scottharrison/ Scott’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thirst-Story-Redemption-Compassion-Mission/dp/1524762865/ Charity: Water: https://www.charitywater.org Mentioned books: The Pursuit of God - Tozer, A. W https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-God-W-Tozer/dp/1940177103 Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ba... Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl Vodafone Business - https://bit.ly/3NIM35n https://bit.ly/3AuPKsA Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com

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• Scott Harrison

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• Steven Bartlett

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Scott Harrison and Steven Bartlett, How I Raised $700 Million: Charity: Water Founder: Scott Harrison | E153 explores from Nightclub Excess To Global Impact: Scott Harrison’s $700M Pivot Scott Harrison, once a top New York nightclub promoter lost in addiction and hedonism, describes the health scare and existential crisis that pushed him to completely reinvent his life.

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