Sean Davis is the CEO and founder of Merton Capital. Photo courtesy of Merton Capital.|Billionaire signers of the Giving Pledge—an initiative started by Bill Gates (L) and Warren Buffet (R) over a decade ago—have struggled to find non-profit impact projects where they can deploy their wealth at scale.|Sean Davis of Merton Capital believes that deploying philanthropy via for-profit investment vehicles is the only way the ultra-wealthy will be able to deploy their philanthropy at scale with the impact they desire. Photo by Sharon Morgenstern Photography|Davis sees a huge bottleneck in large-scale giving because so few non-profits have detailed plans for geometric growth nor the infrastructure or expertise to deploy mega-gifts.
Photo by Sharon Morgenstern Photography|After transitioning to the non-profit world following a career in finance and private equity that took him from J.P. Morgan to Advent International to Morgan Stanley