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Harry's

Consumer Products

Co-CEOs: JeffRaider & Andy Katz-Mayfield

Area of Impact: Mental Health

Harry’s co-founders Jeff Raider, 43, and Andy Katz-Mayfield, 41, didn’t set out to help nearly two million men with their mental health. But while reviewing early user feedback on the men’s grooming line they launched in 2013, they were struck less by opinions on how many blades make for the perfect shave, and more by essays about the cathartic role grooming played in their customers’ lives and struggles with depression. “A lot of our guys didn’t have anyone to talk to,” Raider says. “They were reaching out to us for support.”

Rather than shy away from the responsibility, Raider and Katz-Mayfield took it on. They learned that men account for 80 percent

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