Leonardo DiCaprio Created the Blueprint for Sustainable Investing

Photo: Academy Award-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio set the stage for his fellow stars to invest more sustainably. | Chesnot / Getty Images. Article by Kat Smith. Livekindly – February 2022.

Since the mid-aughts, the line between actors, athletes, and musicians and the venture capital (VC) world has become increasingly blurred. Ashton Kutcher and Shawn Carter (aka Jay-Z) are among the most active celebrity investors, and both of them own their own firms. Katy Perry and rapper Nasir “Nas” Jones (who also owns a VC firm), are shaking up tech startups with their money while tennis superstar Serena Williams launched a firm to focus on uplifting women and BIPOC-owned businesses. But it was Leonardo DiCaprio who set the celebrity blueprint for how to use venture capitalism to try to help the planet. No, really. […]

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