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Tom Rippin

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Founder and CEO at On Purpose
📍 United Kingdom

Tom Rippin is the Founder and CEO of On Purpose, a social enterprise developing leaders to create an economy that works for all. A former McKinsey consultant with a PhD from the University of Cambridge, he is also the Chair of the International Futures Forum. People who have worked with him describe him as inspiring and fearsomely smart.

Tom has a broad set of interests and has been published in fields ranging from social innovation and economics to cancer research. He previously advised the CEO of Comic Relief and worked for (RED), the business co-founded by Bono to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.

He uses his scientific background to frame the economy as a human body, arguing it is suffering from cancerous behavior driven by a focus on growth above all else.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Social Entrepreneurship
He founded the social enterprise On Purpose and wrote a book on how to build a social enterprise that makes money.
Purpose-Driven Economy
His mission with On Purpose is to create an economy that works for all, developing leaders who put purpose before profit.
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Career

Work history

8-2009
Founder and CEO
On Purpose
7-2025
Network Faculty
LIS: The London Interdisciplinary School
International Futures Forum (IFF)
Part-time
6-2023
Keynote Speaker
Expert Impact Speakers
2-2015 - 3-2023
Trustee
Global Action Plan
In the press

Media appearances

Good Leaders Podcast Episode 7: Tom Rippin, founder and CEO of On Purpose. Featured in Good Leaders Podcast (Spotify)
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Preparing for a Career in Impact – Tom Rippin (Keynote) – On Purpose Founder & CEO. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1997 - 2001
PhD
University of Cambridge
1994 - 1997
BA Honours
University of Cambridge
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