Business for Good host Paul Shapiro believes in the power of commerce to help solve some of humanity's biggest problems.

A five-time TEDx speaker (2023 talk here!), Paul serves as the CEO of sustainable protein company The Better Meat Co. He's also the author of the national bestseller Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, a book that chronicles the entrepreneurs, investors, and scientists racing to commercialize the world's first slaughter-free meat. 

In 2023, he was named as a Most Admired CEO by the Sacramento Business Journal.

Prior to these works, Paul spent his career lobbying for better agricultural sustainability policies. You can see writings and interviews of his on the topic here.

He's been interviewed by hundreds of news outlets from CNN to StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson as an authority on food sustainability issues. He’s also published hundreds of articles in publications ranging from daily newspapers like the Washington Post to pop-sci publications like Scientific American to magazines like FORTUNE to academic journals.

His aim with this podcast is to spotlight the superheroes who are using the power of their businesses to solve serious social and environmental problems, hopefully inspiring listeners to join or start their own companies to help make the world a better place, too.

Paul lives in Sacramento, California with his wife Toni Okamoto Shapiro, author and founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, and their very friendly pit bull Eddie.