Philip Wilson

Philip Wilson is the founder and CEO of Ecofiltro, a social enterprise dedicated to providing clean water to the rural poor of Mexico, Central and South America. He graduated with an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Notre Dame. He has over thirty-five years of experience as an entrepreneur in the United States and Guatemala, and firmly believes that the world’s most pressing problems can be solved by applying business practices to social challenges. He is the founder and CEO of SolucionWeb, the leading web and social media services company in Guatemala. Wilson was named “Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Central America” by the Schwab Foundation in Davos, Switzerland and “One of the 10 most successful Social Entrepreneurs in Latin America” by New Ventures Mexico. To date, over 500,000 families in rural areas have been served by Ecofiltro and the goal is to reach 1 million families by the year 2025. This year Philip Wilson built an Innovation Center in his hometown to help entrepreneurs and their startups scale and reach their potential.