• Ep 141: Jack ‘Mr. Toilet’ Sim of World Toilet Org

  • Jul 25 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
  • Podcast

Ep 141: Jack ‘Mr. Toilet’ Sim of World Toilet Org

  • Summary

  • Look who’s on our podcast today! Meet the veritable Jack Sim, better known globally as ‘Mr. Toilet’, Founder of the World Toilet Organization, the global non-profit which has been working to improve toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide since 2001. Today, it has 15 members and has now grown to 151 member organizations in 53 countries.

    The Singaporean serial entrepreneur whose motto is ‘to live a useful life’ has started and run 16 businesses and 8 social businesses. Jack then retired at age 40 to devote his time towards changing the world. He has founded the Restroom Association of Singapore in 1998 and created the UN World Toilet Day observed on November 19 every year.

    Hit play to listen to this fascinating story!

    [03:00s] Genesis of the World Toilet Organization
    [11:33s] Making toilets ‘fashionable’
    [19:00s] The need to talk more about the global sanitation issue
    [33:33s] What’s next for the World Toilet Org

    Look out for Jack’s book ‘The Gumption of Mr. Toilet’ releasing on August 27, 2024 by Penguin Random House.

    More about the World Toilet Organization at https://worldtoilet.org/

    Connect with Jack on LinkedIn

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