People and Society
Ganesh Muren
Founder and CEO, Saora Industries
Ganesh Muren is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the award-winning Saora Industries Sdn Bhd, a social enterprise that facilitates impact capital and adopts technology to provide underprivileged communities access to basic necessities and livelihood opportunities for better wellbeing and social mobility. To-date, Saora has facilitated more than USD1 million worth of funds and impacted more than 10,000 vulnerable lives across Malaysia - enabling 3 million litres of clean water, lighting up more than 2800 rural homes and implemented 120 sanitation projects.
Under Ganesh’s leadership, Saora’s work garnered various global accolades including the Here For Group award in 2016 by Laureate Group Chicago, the Force For Good award in 2017 by Malaysia Tatler, and the Cemex Tec Award in 2018 in Monterrey, Mexico. Ganesh also represented Malaysia as a roundtable member on how the Obama Foundation could enhance the social entrepreneurship space in Southeast Asia.