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A Note From Rebecca Jablonsky, Client Coordinator
Advancing a shareholder economy requires collaboration. With a number of Big Path events on the horizon, the opportunity to gather in person has never been more valuable. These moments of connection allow us to strengthen our community, expand our network, and accelerate the movement that unites purpose with prosperity.
In this month’s newsletter, we spotlight four leaders who are doing just that. Featured on this year’s MO Top 100 CEO Ranking, these CEOs are building a more sustainable future, demonstrating that impact and financial performance can reinforce one another.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming events, which you can learn more about below. We hope these convenings leave attendees with meaningful connections that continue long after the event, and that we leave re-energized to drive positive impact through our work and investment decisions.

Creating Shared Prosperity through Business: Meet Four of the 2026 MO 100 Top Impact CEOs
Big Path Capital’s annual MO 100 Top Impact CEO Ranking is our opportunity to celebrate a group of distinguished executives who are leveraging the engine of capitalism to create shared prosperity and drive positive impact. By leading high-growth impact companies, these leaders provide inspiration and validation that business can be a force for good while also generating strong financial returns.
A new article features four of our remarkable 2026 MO 100 leaders. Each shares their point of view on using capitalism to drive a more sustainable future, how impact influences their bottom line, challenges they’ve faced, and the advice they’d give other impact leaders. Read more.
What We’re Tracking
Shaping the Algorithm: Investing Across the Tech Stack to Orchestrate ‘Good AI’ | In ImpactAlpha, explore how impact investors are going beyond deploying AI for good to move capital to ensure AI is built responsibly from the start. Read more.
Your Biggest Competitor Is Paralysis | In a new article for Fast Company, 1% for the Planet CEO Kate Williams encourages not hesitating when it comes to taking action to protect the planet: “When the world feels unstable and budgets are tight, planning can feel nearly impossible. But choosing inaction carries its own risks.” Read more.
NYC’s B Corps: Building Systems That Work | This article highlights the B Corp movement in New York City, showcasing examples of organizations “who are pushing forward the values, with action not just intent.” Read more.
How Tony’s Chocolonely Created a Purpose-Driven (and Profitable) Supply Chain | A new article in the Harvard Business Review explores how this brand, represented on the 2026 MO 100 Top Impact CEO Ranking, brought its supply chain partners together to create a new paradigm in which all actors take responsibility for social impact. Read more.
Three Not-to-Be-Missed Big Path Events
For Impact LPs: Five Fund Forum
📍 March 5 from 12–1:30 p.m. ET (Virtual)
If you’re an investor actively allocating capital to funds, apply to attend! The virtual event showcases five innovative investment fund managers with differentiated criteria to family offices, foundations, institutional investors, and advisors. Funds are selected based on multiple criteria, including management team, track record, and investment strategy. Attendees will also hear from leading experts on effective, impactful investment strategies and uncover new opportunities to align purpose with profit. Learn more.
For Impact CEOs: 2026 MO Summit
📍 March 16–18 in Asheville, NC
MO convenes CEOs of high-growth, positive-impact companies who are using the power and creativity of business as a force for good. The summit gathers leaders to engage, learn, and forge a new path on critically important topics, featuring a combination of impactful content and unparalleled deep networking opportunities. Explore the agenda.
For Impact Investors: Impact Capitalism Summit (ICS)
📍 June 1–3 in Charleston, SC
The 2026 summit takes on special significance, occurring at a critical inflection point for our industry, just ahead of the midterm elections that will define the policy landscape for years to come. Join investors actively deploying capital for impact and return, including family offices, foundations, institutional investors, wealth advisors, and asset managers, to actively chart the strategic path forward through an era of unprecedented challenge and opportunity. Apply to attend.
Meet Us on the Path
Here’s where you can find our team in the coming months:
- February 25–27: 2026 Purpose Trust Ownership Conference in Austin, TX
- March 3–5: Confluence Philanthropy’s Practitioners Gathering in Asheville, NC
- March 5, 2026: Five Fund Forum 36 (Virtual)
- March 9–10: Women’s Private Equity Summit in Phoenix, AZ
- March 16–18, 2026: MO Summit 2026 in Asheville, NC
- April 21–23, 2026: Champions Retreat 2026 in Milwaukee, WI
- June 1–2, 2026: Impact Capitalism Summit, Charleston, SC
