Patrick Schmitt and Jenny Xia Spradling are the co-founders and co-CEOs of FreeWill, a social venture that has helped charitable organizations generate more than $3.7 billion in new planned gifts, stock gifts, and qualified charitable distributions. They were recently named two of the Top 50 Philanthropists in the World by Town & Country. Schmitt previously served as Head of Innovation at Change.org, helping to grow that organization to 200 million members in just four years. Xia Spradling is an alum of McKinsey and Bain Capital, where she helped start the largest impact investing fund in the US. She was also a cofounder at Paribus, a fintech startup that exited to Capital One, and was featured on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list. They both earned their MBAs from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

This appearance by Patrick Schmitt and Jenny Xia Spradling is part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Join us virtually at youtube.com/ecorner as we bring founders, investors and industry influencers to center stage and invite them to share what it takes to become a disruptor.

Patrick Schmitt

Jenny Xia Spradling