Mats Lederhausen Because

Mats lederhausen is the founder and ceo of because llc.

Mats lederhausen because. After beginning his career with mcdonald s corporation in sweden in 1979 mats eventually became evp and president of business development for the company. Ceo and founder be cause. It has become clear that the sources of both our dreams and our fears have shifted from the material to the immaterial and these new sources recognize neither borders emotions or political persuasion. Formed in 2007 the company invests in businesses with a purpose that is bigger than their product.

A clear compelling and credible purpose bigger than your product is the first order of business for anyone seeking to build truly great organizations. A lot of these people that come to me don t need a lot of advice really. So it was with my dear friend mats lederhausen s recent birthday. I believe our most important job is to make our jobs more important.

New york october 30 2012 3bl media mats lederhausen founding partner at because sat down for an interview at the bsr conference 2012 it took place october 23 26 in new york city. Because we are all responsible for elevating the future. Sometimes the best gifts in life come to us in unusual ways. So i simply try to get them inspired.

Previously mats was the managing director of mcdonalds ventures where he drove high growth global companies including chipotle and pret a manger. They need confirmation because they come to me with this bias that they want to spend their life at the intersection of profit and purpose. Mats lederhausen was a founding general partner of cue ball and now serves as an operating partner. His three year old growth capital firm because is buying into sectors such as education and healthy food with positions in select companies such as the tutoring firm sylvan learning and.

Mats has been instrumentally involved with cue ball since our inception and focuses on our portfolio s consumer and lifestyle brands. We are living through incredibly turbulent times. The world is changing faster than we can change ourselves. Founder ceo of because mats lederhausen formed be cause in early 2007.

The company is a platform for investing and building businesses with a purpose bigger than their products this philosophy is based on both ancient philosophy as well observations and experience from companies that were propelled by a strong purpose. M ats is ceo and founder of be cause a company which focuses on building businesses with a purpose bigger than their product.