Philip Berber is an Irish technology entrepreneur born in Ireland, now engaged in philanthropy, international aid, social entrepreneurship, and impact investments. He sold CyBerCorp, his online broker for daily merchants, to Charles Schwab for $ 488 million in 2000. He and his wife Donna then formed and funded A Glimmer of Hope, pledging $ 100 million of Schwab's shares to bless the foundation.
Its latest venture is Enable Impact, which is a market for early stage direct impact investments and growth. Enable accredited investor access offerings to private syndicates and curated transactions, and help entrepreneurs raise capital for positive social ventures.
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Berber was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1958. He studied at Wesley College, Dublin and went to University College Dublin and learned Commerce (B Comm). He moved to London in 1979 and met his wife Donna a few years later. They moved to Houston, Texas in 1991, and to Austin in 1995 where they lived with their three sons.
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Berber won the Entrepreneur Award of the Year for Central Texas in 2000 and was a national finalist that same year. University College Dublin awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2009, and that year the Wall Street Journal described Berber as a "real star in the Clinton Global Initiative".
Giving
Berber is Chairman and founder of A Glimmer of Hope, a family foundation and an international NGO, was formed and funded by Berber and his wife Donna in 2000.
BusinessWeek listed Berber at # 40 among the "most generous benefactors" in 2002.
Barron's Berber ranks as the sixth in the world on the list of "The 25 Best Givers" in 2009 and 7 in 2010.
The Berber and Glimmer are featured in Richistan's book.
Ventures
In 2011, Berber was involved in the early stages of Circuit of the Americas (COTA), which brought Formula One back to the US.
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