Jun 8, 2022
Edgar Sandoval Sr. is the current President and CEO of World Vision U.S. Born in Los Angeles, Sandoval grew up in Central and South America, where he first witnessed poverty. Edgar worked minimum-wage jobs while studying English as a second language, later earning bachelor’s degrees in industrial engineering and sociology from Rutgers University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Edgar was recruited by General Electric and later by Procter & Gamble, where over a 20-year career, he made significant contributions to the corporation’s growth and reputation.
Edgar joins us on the show to share his experience of landing in the U.S with $50 to his name in the midst of a recession and how he went from flipping burgers to becoming president and CEO of World Vision. He describes how the Lord was using every one of his previous experiences to prepare him for joining World Vision. Edgar also shares how World Vision works in areas of extreme poverty, surviving on less than $1.90 a day to lift themselves out of poverty via human transformation, justice, and bearing witness to the Good News of the Kingdom of God.
“Here's what my formula to success was in corporate America: I was curious, and I had a deep desire to learn.” - Edgar Sandoval Sr.
“The key is we can make a difference; we can help people change their lives.” - Edgar Sandoval Sr.
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Edgar Sandoval Sr.’s Words of Wisdom:
God wants you to have a productive life. World Vision is working to empower others via biblical principles to lift themselves out of poverty because no one should be living on under $1.90 a day.
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