From Uber Driver To $200M CEO Of Path Water - Shadi Bakour

Shadi Bakour is on a mission to change the world, one thirsty individual at a time. His California-based company PATH sells bottled water in refillable metal bottles, with the goal of bringing both consumers and organizations a convenient, affordable and sustainable alternative to environmentally unfriendly plastic water bottles. To get started, they raised money from friends and family and took on a variety of day jobs. At one point, Bakour worked in restaurants and drove for Uber. The George Washington University graduate had spent his early career in the Chief Investment Office at Abraaj Capital and as a cost and risk analysis consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. Their sacrifices paid off, but it took hard work to get there. Working with a United States based manufacturer, the partners, then based in the San Francisco Bay Area, introduced the first bottle prototype in 2015 and launched their brand at 7-Elevens in August of that year