Aliza Napartivaumnuay

Napartivaumnuay was born in Bangkok to a Thai-Chinese family. She lived in Kolkata, Rome, Seattle, as a child and then the United Kingdom before moving back to Thailand permanently.^[1][2] She graduated from Ruamrudee International School in 2000.^[3] She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Chulalongkorn University in 2004 and with a master's in supply chain management from the University of Warwick in 2005.^[3][4]

After finishing her master's degree, Napartivaumnuay worked for 10 years managing systems and supply chains.^[5] Napartivaumnuay is the co-founder, in 2015,^[5] and head of operations of SocialGiver, a worldwide group of lobal community of giving partners, social projects, and conscious consumers with a primary focus on integrating lifestyle shopping with increasing social positive social impact through the use of spare business capacity.^[4][6][7][8] Napartivaumnuay got the idea for SocialGiver while working at a children's center.^[9] SocialGiver's methodology is considered "groundbreaking" by the way it changes fundraising and how it connects customers with giving.^[10][11] SocialGiver donates 70 percent of its total revenue, 100 percent of profites, to charity.^[9][12][13] She is also the founder of Mysocialmotion, through which she led a COVID-19 relief effort.^[4][14]

One of Napartivaumnuay's inspirations for doing the type of work she does was the late king of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej.^[15] Napartivaumnuay serves on the boards of the JUMP! Foundation, SATI Foundation, and the Big Trees Foundation, all focused on social change.^[4][16]

Napartivaumnuay has been recognized by being named a Fellow by the Obama Fellow in 2019 and the Edmund Hillary Fellowship in 2022.^[4][17][18] In 2022 Top 10 Thailand named her one of the top 10 businesswomen in Thailand.^[12]