Episode 11

Jean-Louis Warnholz: Future

Jean-Louis Warnholz, Co-Founder and CEO of Future, has years of experience in and around emerging markets. His time spent researching economics at Oxford, work for global economic institutions and the U.S. government, and leadership role at BlackIvy Group led him to launch Future in 2021. Future incentivizes users to lower their carbon footprints.


Their core product is the Future Card, a debit card offering cashback rewards to users for low carbon purchases, like public transit. Jean-Louis brings a unique perspective to emerging markets, aligning purpose and profits, and betting on the future. Listen now on all podcasting platforms!


More from the episode:

Future Website → https://www.future.green/ 

Future LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/thefuturecard/

Jean-Louis Warnholz → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-louis-warnholz/

Conor Gaughan → https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckgone/


Episode Time Stamps!

0:00 Cold Open

2:10 Introduction 

3:56 Pivot to Purpose

6:50 Future 

11:10 Cutting Carbon 

17:08 Circular Economy

21:26 Other Industries

26:45 Purpose and Profit

32:11 Motivation, Inspiration

35:19 Conclusion


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CONOR GAUGHAN
Conor founded Consensus Digital Media to
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spent the last decade building a digital strategy
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