Go Hunt Life
E035 Ex-Hershey Executive Pours Life Savings Into Cashew Company in Africa - Don Larson
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:44:51
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Synopsis
Don Larson was a senior executive with The Hershey Corporation and had built a 25 year career in the food industry. This executive lifestyle of abundance had massive financial perks including a big house with a pool, tons of toys, luxury cars and even a hot air balloon but Don and his wife Terri decided to sell it all and invest their life savings into building a cashew company in Mozambique, Africa. They started The Sunshine Nut Company and dedicated their lives to helping others. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in Africa but back in the 1970's it was home to one of the largest producing countries of cashews. Don has used his faith and his experience in the food industry to build a company with a "quadruple bottom line" adding transformational bottom line to the financial, environmental and social bottom lines of corporate social responsibility. In this episode we cover... Quitting a 25 year career in the food industry, mostly with The Hershey Company as a 'turn-around guy' and telling Campbell So