Dr. Martín Burt is a world-renowned social entrepreneur who has developed antipoverty and educational social innovations that are currently being implemented worldwide. He is founder (1985) and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, a social enterprise named Latin America’s most impactful and innovative development organization in 2018 by the IADB. 

Dr. Burt is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum. He has also served as chief of staff to the President of Paraguay, was elected mayor of Asunción, and was appointed vice minister of Commerce. His latest book Who Owns Poverty? was published in September 2019. 

He has received several international awards. He holds a PhD from Tulane University and is Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, research associate at University of California, Irvine, and Professor, master’s Program in Microfinance, at Universidad de Alcalá.