About
Rob is serial entrepreneur. He Founded the nonprofit Road of Life (2002), Boundaryless Brands (2008) which was acquired in 2011, SpeakerSite (2008), and BULX (2010) which was acquired by Dealyard.com in 2011.
In 2002 Rob sold his car and stocks to fund the initial $2,500 investment and founded The Keren Emrich Foundation aka Road of Life. That investment has since been leveraged to distribute over $70 Million worth of health curriculum to over 250,000 children throughout the world. Rob has also worked as a political campaign manager and consultant, served as a page in the Ohio House of Representatives, and as a researcher in a molecular genetics lab.
Rob has founded or cofounded four for profit enterprises and exited two of them.
In 2004, (at age 25) Rob was the youngest person to be honored as one of ‘Forty under 40′ by Columbus Business First. He was also named one of “Four People Whose Bright Ideas Bring Light to Others” by Northern Ohio Live. He has lectured on social entrepreneurship at the John Glenn Institute in Washington, DC; at the City Year Social Entrepreneurship Panel; and has volunteered as a panelist & judge for Start-Up Weekend.
Rob and his work have been featured extensively in the media, including coverage by NPR, PBS, Inc.com, and major daily newspapers.
He is involved with a number of boards, including The Columbus Jewish Foundation; and the Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance, Risk Retention Group. Rob was also selected as a delegate to the Third Annual World Health Care Congress, and one of five delegates from Ohio for the First Nonprofit Congress.
Rob received a scholarship to attend The Ohio State University Honors Program, and graduated with a B.A. in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Science and Reason. Rob loves to travel, backpack, and participate in almost every outdoor activity. He has walked across Ohio from Cincinnati to Cleveland, over 1,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to New York, and completed his third triathlon.
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