Jack Sim

Jack Sim is the founder World Toilet Organization (WTO) and BOP HUB, and a leading global advocate for sanitation. Formerly a businessman he founded WTO in 2001 after attaining financial independence at age of 40 and deciding to devote the rest of his life to social work.

WTO broke the global taboo around toilets and sanitation by bringing it to center-stage with a unique mix of humor and serious facts. In 2001 WTO declared its founding day 19 November as World Toilet Day. In 2013, 19 November was designated as UN World Toilet Day - the day is now celebrated globally each year as a day to raise awareness of the need for action to end the sanitation crisis.

In 2011, Jack founded BOP HUB to help scale up market-based solutions to alleviate poverty and improve lives at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). The organization catalyzes and strengthens cross-sector collaboration and participation in inclusive business in sectors including energy, housing, water, agriculture, and health.

Jack received the Schwab Foundation award for Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001. He is an Ashoka Global Fellow, and was named a Hero of the Environment for 2008 by Time Magazine. World Toilet Organization achieved special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2013.