Nathaniel Houghton found one of the worst places on the planet and decided not only that it could be fixed, but that he could lead the way in doing it. At age 23, he has a perspective that at least half the population lacks: while he anticipates that it may take the better part of twenty years for outcomes that he hopes to see, he’ll still be a relatively young man then.
At nineteen, Nate first visited The Congo and began building a deep connection to it that has now become his full time occupation. As the founder and CEO of the Congo Leadership Initiative (CLI), he works full time to bring leadership training to a country where students are taught facts not critical thinking and to follow rather than lead.
Nate once said:
The best way to help the world is to find something you love doing and figure out how to positively impact someone else’s life through your talents and interests. I think startups are cool, and that’s what CLI is. I believe in our product – leadership – and its power t…