Mission Markets was featured in the Spring 2011 issue of Green Money Journal in a great article written by CEO and Founder Michael Van Patten about his journey from Wall Street to the social and environmental markets. Here is a brief quote from the article:
"Mission Markets: One Market(place), Many Missions"
"My early years heavily influenced my decision to focus my career on growing the impact investing space through the establishment of my current company, Mission Markets. I spent the majority of my teenage years in Ecuador, where my father worked as a diplomat. At this impressionable age, I had the unusual opportunity to experience life in the developing world--Every day I was faced with the extremes of poverty and vast wealth. To this day, I am stunned by the inequalities that exist in the world."
Click here to read the full article!
- The Mission Markets Team
Mission Market's goal is to increase awareness of and conversation about the social and environmental capital markets. Postings focus on ways to effectively develop viable investment asset classes within the subsectors that make up these markets, with the goal of increasing the flow of capital, information, and transparency, in support of environmental conservation and socially focused initiatives.
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