Episode 158: Protecting our Children's Neurological Health and Happiness - Shazi Visram

Founder of Happy Family Brands / Founder & CEO of healthybaby

Shazi Visram is an entrepreneur and mother committed to bettering the world through business that is socially, financially, and environmentally enlightened. She is the Founder of Happy Family Brands, which she led to become the #1 organic baby food company in the US market with disruptive innovations that have democratized organic food for new families, despite her very humble beginnings.

Shazi is also the Founder and CEO of Healthy Baby, which is the culmination of a life's work dedicated to protecting children's neurological health. Healthy Baby is a safe space for families to find the knowledge, community, and products to build connected minds and bodies during baby's early years, a time when they are making one million neural connections every second.

As an advocate of social entrepreneurship, Visram is actively engaged as an investor and advisor to companies innovating for a brighter future. Visram serves on the board of Environmental Working Group (EWG), the Board of Overseers at Columbia Business School and Columbia College, in addition to being a Founding Member of Columbia’s Alumnae Legacy Circle.

In 2013, she was acknowledged by President Barack Obama as "not only an outstanding businesswoman, but also a leader that all of us can emulate." In 2018, Visram proudly received Columbia University's University Medal of Excellence “for her gifts as a leader, her optimistic spirit, and determination”.