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Edgar Villanueva

  • Founder and CEO of Decolonizing Wealth Project & Liberated Capital
  • Best-Selling Author of 'Decolonizing Wealth'
  • Expert on the Intersection of Race, Power, and Wealth
  • Globally Recognized Activist

Edgar Villanueva is an award-winning author, activist, and expert on issues of race, wealth, philanthropy, and ESG Investing. Villanueva is the Founder and CEO of Decolonizing Wealth Project & Liberated Capital and author of the bestselling book Decolonizing Wealth (2018, 2021). He advises a range of organizations including national and global philanthropies, Fortune 500 companies, and entertainment on social impact strategies to advance racial equity from within and through their investment strategies. 

 


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Talks & Conversations with Edgar Villanueva

The intersection of race, power, and wealth

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Community and human-centered corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social impact (SI).

Edgar’s Seven Steps to Healing from Decolonizing Wealth (applied to both organizations and individuals)

Climate change & sustainability

Food and land sovereignty

Employee Resource Group (ERG) engagement

Indigenous and other communities of color power building

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Books by Edgar Villanueva
Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance

Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance

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Press & Media
Gates Foundation Adds Billionaire, Baroness to Growing Board - Bloomberg
Indigenous Earth Fund awards initial tranche of sustainability grants - Philanthropy News Digest
Liberated Capital issues $1M in grants to 16 groups via Indigenous Earth Fund - Tribal Business News
Decolonizing Wealth Project Redistributes $1M Towards Indigenous-Led Sustainability Efforts - Sustainable Brands
More than $1 million to be donated to Indigenous-led sustainability efforts - The Hill
Q&A: Author calls for donors to ‘decolonize’ their wealth - Associated Press
Pipeline project's impact on Indigenous communities - CBSN
Closing the racial wealth gap is a collective responsibility. Reparations are a solution. - USA Today
For philanthropy, racial equity isn't enough: Why we've moved to redistribution to address the racial wealth gap - Philanthropy News Digest
MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy is admirable. But why is it possible? - The Washington Post
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Biography

Edgar Villanueva is an award-winning author, activist, and expert on issues of race, wealth, philanthropy, and ESG Investing. Villanueva is the Founder and CEO of Decolonizing Wealth Project and Liberated Capital and author of the bestselling book Decolonizing Wealth (2018, 2021). He advises a range of organizations including national and global philanthropies, Fortune 500 companies, and entertainment on social impact strategies to advance racial equity from within and through their investment strategies.

Villanueva holds a BSPH and MHA from the Gillings Global School of Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe and resides in New York City.

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