Alex McIntosh | Source | Co-founder & CEO at Thrive Natural Care

Alex is co-founder and CEO of Thrive Natural Care. Thrive sells skincare that regenerates your skin,
our planet, and rural farmer communities.

Since 2013, Thrive’s team of American and Costa Rican entrepreneurs, farmers and scientists have
produced innovative skincare products powered by new-to-market superplant oils. These superplants
are unique to Thrive skincare, and are more potent and pure than conventional equivalents due to
Thrive’s regenerative farming methodology. In addition, the company and its farmer partners utilize
the regenerative operation during cultivation to restore degraded ecosystems and communities back
to health.

Thrive is particularly known for its award-winning suncare products, which feature regularly in leading
publications like New York Times, Allure, MindBodyGreen, Instyle, Forbes and others. Thrive is a top
1% seller on Amazon and also sells through its website thrivecare.co

Prior to Thrive, Alex was the founding Director of Sustainability & Corporate Citizenship at Nestlé
Waters North America, the $4B division of the world's largest consumer water company.
Prior to Nestlé, Alex was Director of Philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, where he helped raise
a record $75MM in private capital for two of the largest watershed conservation projects in the
organization's history, and increased annual giving revenue 1,250% over four years.

Alex's other environmental contributions include co-development of an ecotourism business/funding
model for Gabon's president and WCS, creation of a five-year business plan for Big Bend National
Park, and publication of a field guide to birds.

Alex earned his B.A. with academic honors at Duke University, and a master’s degree in
environmental management from Yale University.