Daymond is CEO and founder of FUBU, a global lifestyle brand. He is now in his ninth season on the three-time Emmy award-winning series Shark Tank.
In 2015, Daymond was named a presidential ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship and was part of an exclusive group who joined President Obama at the Global Entrepreneur Summit in Kenya, and traveled with the president on his historic trip to Cuba in March 2016.
In 2017 he launched the creative executive co-working space, blueprint+co. Its mission is to educate and empower by building a community of like-minded entrepreneurs that can benefit from his resources and track record of success.
Daymond suffers from hearing loss himself, which is where his connection with Starkey Hearing Foundation began. The foundation selling hearing aid products. Moreover, they are changing people’s lives by utilizing their resources to give the gift of hearing around the world. In addition, they have helped over a million people.
One of his favorite stories is about a fisherman from Kenya. According to him,its one of his favorites because it shows the economic impact of how better hearing and the Starkey Hearing Foundation help those around the world.
Before Starkey Hearing Foundation arrived in Lamu, Kenya, local fisherman Said Mahsen faced an unimaginable decision: sell his fishing boat for around Ksh 150,000 to pay for a pair of hearing aids, or continue to struggle with debilitating hearing loss. Fishing is Said’s livelihood, which supports his wife and three young children. His three older children dissuaded their father from selling the boat. But Said felt desperately disconnected from his family and the world around him. In a twist of fate, Said heard an announcement about Starkey Hearing Foundation’s program providing free hearing aids from a man walking a donkey through the streets of Lamu.
His children asked me how we would live if I sold his fishing boat. This was the only source of income they depended on to buying food and live. However,he decided not to sell the boat. He waited until Starkey Hearing Foundation came through with treatment. They have helped a lot of people who are so poor they can’t afford food day-to-day. Today, Said is doing well with his hearing aids and continues to fish on his boat.