Jose Manuel Moller

Ashoka Fellow and TED Fellow. Im the CEO and founder of Algramo. We want to reduce the cost of living in a sustainable way in partnership with the local groceries store. José Manuel Moller is the CEO & Founder of Algramo. His undergraduate studies were in Business Administration, additionally he also holds a Master of Advanced Design. Since 2013, José has been dedicated to creating and developing Algramo. A TED & Ashoka Fellow, José has won many accolades including: Fast Company Most Innovative Company in Latin America, Chile’s 2017 Top Social Entrepreneur (Schwab Foundation), and he was recently designated a World Economic Forum, Young Global Leader. In few years, with limited investment, he has established Algramo across a network 2,000 stores which has made Algramo operationally profitable. With a vision of transforming the way people consume products, he is disrupting the packaging & consumer goods supply chain industries by adding new technologies & now global brands are incorporating Algramo’s technology into their distribution systems. In the past 4 years, José has brought reusable packaging to 350,000 bottom of the pyramid (BoP) customers and has instilled a reuse culture in the BoP communities Algramo serves-where reuse rates have increased from less than 10% to 85%. José’s vision, leadership & deep network of advisors have led Algramo to a scalable, financially viable high-impact business model that produces world-class social, environmental, and economic benefits for its stakeholders. Recently he has spoken at United Nations Environmental Assembly 4 & at high profile circular economy conferences in Europe. José is honored to be working with global brands to help them use packaging in a more circular manner, to help catalyze reusable packaging systems on a globally significant scale. Doing this will save families on the cost of life’s essentials while keeping packaging in the economy and out of the environment.