Nell Derick Debevoise

Founder & CEO Inspiring Capital

Nell Derick Debevoise is the founder and CEO of Inspiring Capital, she is passionate about translating insights from business and entrepreneurship to drive social change. She is a Startup Leadership Program fellow (2016-17) and a nominated delegate in the US-Japan Leadership Program (2016-2017). Nell created and taught the first impact investing course for New York University’s School of Professional Studies. 

Before establishing Inspiring Capital, Nell was the founding director of Tomorrow’s Youth Organization, a US not-for-profit that has facilitated social and economic development for over 9,000 women and children in the Middle East since 2008. She has studied psychology, education, and entrepreneurship at Harvard, Columbia and London Business Schools, and Cambridge University, as well as informal ‘classrooms’ in 49 countries. Nell speaks English, French, and Italian, as well as some Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese. She is grateful for the opportunity to live and work in New York to contribute to the shifting approach to business and social change in this city, and beyond.