Yonathan Parienti

Founder and CEO Horyou

Yonathan Parienti, former senior executive in major banking groups such as JPMorgan or Bank of China, left a promising career in finance to pursue his passion for social entrepreunership and philanthropy. He resolved to found Horyou, the social network for social good, to advocate a more humanistic approach to technology. He introduced Spotlight, the first global social currency, to be used within the Horyou community with the aim to promote economic inclusion by distributing capital through social media. He is a regular speaker at international forums and gatherings on the subject of "Connecting for Good" or "Revolutionizing Philanthropy", and has notably spoken at the UNESCO or the United Nations on the Sustainable Development Goals. More recently, he has had the opportunity to share his vision at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, UBS Philanthropic Forum, or the World Summit on the Information Society, where he announced the upcoming launch of HoryouToken, its Utility Token, built on top of Ethereum Blockchain, to support social inclusion through its Proof of Impact.