Kunal Sood is the founder of X Fellows and X Impact Group, dedicated to transforming the world by helping improve the lives of a billion people by 2030. He partners with Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and ethical brands such as Google, SAP, and Tencent Holdings, as well as social enterprises like the X Prize Foundation, the International Peace Institute, and NASA.
Sood is also the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Novus, an intergenerational social impact summit that supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by uniting humanity through science, innovation, and technology. As a social entrepreneur and impact investor, he focuses on reimagining peace in our time and promoting organizations that create positive change.
For his commitment to social innovation, Sood has received the Tribeca Disruptor Innovation Award and the RoundGlass Samsara Lifetime Achievement Award at the Legislative Parliament of India. He has been a keynote speaker at the Tribeca Film Festival, Forbes Impact, TED, Nexus, the United Nations, and the White House.
Sood holds an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management and an M.A. in Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves on advisory boards for several organizations and is an ambassador for OpenEXO and Singularity University.
As a Non-Violence Ambassador, Sood continues to use his platforms to promote peace and inspire global impact.
The Non-Violence Project Foundation is a non-profit organization with special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
