Adrian Hensen
Team: Purpose Foundation
Role: Co-Founder, Co-Lead Non-Profit Team
Adrian studied business and psychology and is co-founder of Purpose Stiftung (Purpose Foundation) and Purpose Ventures. He previously worked in a strategy and brand consultancy for national and international companies. As part of the management team of a successful start-up, he was responsible for a sales team with up to 40 employees and experienced what selling a company means. Today, Adrian works with PURPOSE to promote an alternative understanding of business ownership: steward-ownership. This form of ownership enables companies to anchor their independence and value orientation in their DNA – ownership – in a legally binding way. The goal is to help shape companies and an economy that puts purpose-orientation before shareholder value maximization and serves people, the environment and society.