Manny Ohonme has achieved international recognition as a philanthropist, social entrepreneur, businessman, author, and speaker. Manny is founder, president, and CEO of Samaritan’s Feet, a nonprofit organization established in 2003 that has provided more than 6.5 million pairs of shoes to individuals in need across 88 countries around the world and in hundreds of cities across the United States of America.

His organization has worked with more than 100,000 volunteers; and now, after developing and starting to manufacture the Samaritan’s Feet innovative World Shoe, Manny and his team are focused on realizing the day when there will no longer be any shoeless children. With more than 20 years of experience as a global leader, Manny enjoys sharing his insight, along with his inspirational story of being born in Lagos, Nigeria and how shoes become the symbol of hope and the vehicle to help transform the lives of millions of people living in poverty around the world.