Bio

***Email KomalAhmad786@gmail.com for any speaking, interview, press, or partnership requests*** --- The reasonable woman adapts herself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to herself. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable woman. Komal is an unreasonable woman committed to intelligently Solving the World's Dumbest Problems™ starting with hunger and food waste. The unfortunate reality is that we waste 3X more edible food than there are hungry mouths to feed. Komal's discovery that ‘Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it is a logistics problem’™ compelled her to found Copia (www.GoCopia.com). As Founder of Copia, Komal and her team intelligently solved the complex logistics associated with the redistribution of highly perishable surplus food from businesses, commercial kitchens, and events to nonprofits in need. Copia’s proprietary technology and turn-key logistics solution dramatically and scalably reduces food waste and ends hunger across North America. Copia has successfully diverted over 4M pounds of food from landfills (enough to completely fill 40+ football stadiums). This year, Copia will feed 5 million people all while providing businesses and nonprofits with over $21M in savings. Komal’s leadership and vision have led Copia to be distinguished as 1 of the top 3 startups run by women in the U.S. and 1 of the top 8 startups graduating out of Y Combinator. Komal has also been recognized by: • Forbes who featured Komal twice on their coveted ‘Forbes 30 Under 30’ list • Entrepreneur magazine as one of the Most Powerful Women in the World • Marie Claire as one of the Most Powerful & Impactful People in Business • Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in Business • InStyle among the Top 50 Most Badass Women in the World • Toyota as their ‘Toyota Mother of Invention' Komal was also recently honored with the prestigious Nelson Mandela Humanitarian Award. Follow Komal’s journey on Twitter @Komal_Ahmad and Instagram @KomalAhmad786 as she proves to the world that “impossible is just a word”.