About

Pratik Gauri is a highly accomplished Indian social entrepreneur, investor, public speaker, and writer who is widely recognized as the Creator of the 5th Industrial Revolution. With over a decade of experience, he has been championing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and helping transition the world from a for-profit economy to a for-benefit economy. As the Founder & CEO of 5ire.org, a blockchain ecosystem that brings together Sustainability, Technology & Innovation to build the 5th industrial revolution with an aim to impact 1B+ humans positively, Pratik is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the firm and its strategic efforts. Pratik has founded eight companies prior to founding 5ire and is also a Partner at 5th Element Group, a global impact management consultancy that implements and scales omniwin solutions to impact millions of humans by mobilizing millions of dollars. He has been named Creative Entrepreneur of the year - Startup by Entrepreneur India magazine and Entrepreneur of the year 2020 by Indian Achievers’ Forum. Pratik has been recognized as Entrepreneur 35 Under 35, BusinessWorld 40 Under 40, TIMES 40 Under 40, ET Now Leaders of Tomorrow, Greenbiz Global 30 Under 30, AsiaOne 40 Under 40 Most Influential Leaders, British Petroleum Scholar, World Economic Forum Global Innovator and Shaper, Ambassador at One Young World, Al Gore’s Climate Leader, Fellow at Startup Leadership Program, Winner of UNLEASH 2019, Asia’s top 50 Voices by Earth Day Network, and Changemaker at Global Action on Poverty. Pratik is a public TEDx speaker and a social media influencer with more than 1M+ followers across different social media platforms. He is an established writer and contributes to Real Leaders, WEF, MIT Technology Review, Thrive Global, among others. Pratik holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and a Certificate in Strategic Management from the University of Chicago. He is a blockchain expert and has relevant experience of 11.93 years. Pratik is currently an Investor at Network Capital, a 5ire Product, which is one of the world’s largest mentorship platforms that empowers 1.6M school students and 150K+ young professionals to build meaningful careers.