Jacques-Philippe Piverger is a multidisciplinary entrepreneur, strategic investor, and lifelong practitioner of martial arts, meditation, yoga, and breathwork whose work explores the connection between inner mastery, leadership, and performance.He is the founder of The Mindful Arts and the co-founder and former CEO of MPOWERD, a global company that brought solar-powered products to more than 70 countries. Earlier in his career, he worked in institutional finance at AIG Investments, participating in investment decisions across billions of dollars in global assets. His career has taken him across business, investing, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and community building, giving him a broad perspective on what enables people and organizations to thrive.A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and former Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Piverger holds degrees from Georgetown University and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and has completed executive education at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and Oxford.. He is a former national judo champion and Florida Division I state wrestling runner-up, and has spent much of his life studying the disciplines of movement, mindfulness, and self-mastery.The Mindful Arts represents the convergence of these experiences: a lifelong exploration of how the way we cultivate ourselves within shapes the way we lead, relate, create, and contribute in the world around us.Piverger lives in New York City and is the proud father of three children.