As Acumen Fund’s Founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz is responsible for the vision behind Acumen Fund’s unique approach to using philanthropic capital to invest in scalable businesses that serve the poor with life-changing goods and services. She has led the Acumen Fund team since its launch in 2001, and under her leadership Acumen Fund has invested $40 million in over 35 companies serving 25 million low-income customers in the developing world (as of April 2009). Rensselaer is proud to honor Ms. Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, as the 2010 Rensselaer Entrepreneur of the Year (EOY). This year’s honoree is not only an entrepreneur, but an author of a New York Times best seller. The Blue Sweater is the inspiring personal memoir of a woman who has spent her life on a quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.