Deepak Chopra is the Founder/CEO of his personal charity – Freedom Employability Academy (FEA). Deepak’s lifelong mission is to help disadvantaged youth bootstrap themselves out of a cycle of poverty, lead a productive self-reliant life of dignity and go beyond to contribute to the greater good.

FEA runs a free, innovative employability competency program that builds productive mindsets, English language skills and digital literacy. It also provides career guidance and mentorship. To date, more than 200,000 disadvantaged youth have enrolled in the free physical classes at the 100+ FEA branches, spread over 5 north Indian states. FEA currently is likely among the 10 largest secular NGO’s in India in terms of annual budget. The program here doubles, triples, or even quadruples the monthly income for many. Given the potentially tremendous impact of this program, researchers from Stanford University are conducting a randomized controlled trial of FEA’s impact. While historically FEA has had a presence only in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, it is now shifting its attention and resources to rural poverty alleviation.

On a personal note, Deepak does not believe in bequeathing wealth to heirs and 100% of his assets will be used to help the disadvantaged and poor through the FEA programs. He has founded or cofounded multiple companies, including Quten Research Institute, which is the US market leader in two different segments of food supplements under the QUNOL brand. Deepak holds a B. Tech degree in chemical engineering from IIT Delhi.