The Quadruple Win: Vikas Garg on abillion’s Transformative Business Model

In this week's episode we meet Vikas Garg, the Singapore-based founder and CEO of a unique and transformative business and app named "abillion."

In 2017, after spending thirteen years in the finance industry directing billion-dollar portfolios and hedge funds, Vikas Garg pivoted to helping make the world better for everyone.

Using his vast knowledge of data analysis, algorithms, finance, and plant-based nutrition, Vikas developed an app that would create meaningful social change. His goal was to inspire ⁠⁠abillion⁠⁠ or more people to adopt a vegan lifestyle, or to simply lean into eating less meat and choosing foods and products that are sustainable for the planet.

“We have an opportunity to think about what we put on our plate and how it can create so much impact for so many things. It is connected to everything.” — Vikas Garg

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In this episode, we discuss:

• Vikas’s background as a vegetarian Hindu born in India.

• HIs family’s move to New York and their transition to a dairy-rich American diet, and the resultant health issues that eventually inspired them choose a vegan diet.

• Vikas’s decision to leave the financial world after the 2016 US election to create a social media app that had social good as its primary goal.

• The creation of ⁠⁠abillion⁠⁠ company and app, and the myriad ways it helps people, the planet, animals, non-profits, and various aspects of societal health.

• Vikas’s goal to have one billion or more users by 2035.

• The connection between the food we eat and its impact on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

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