Ned Tozun

Ned Tozun is the co-founder and CEO of d.light. Since the company's founding in 2007,
Ned has played a key role in developing the company's mission and strategic plan,
securing private investment from multinational venture capital and social impact funds,
designing award-winning products, and establishing four international offices and
worldwide distribution.

Prior to d.light, Ned founded multiple startups in the San Francisco Bay Area and
developed several products that attained global distribution. He has an MBA and bachelor
degrees in Computer Science and Earth Systems from Stanford University.

Sam Goldman
Sam is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of d.light. Sam has played a key role in
designing d.light’s user-centric products for high quality and global performance
standards that meet the needs of people living and doing business without access to a
reliable electrical grid.

Sam grew up in India, Pakistan, Peru, Mauritania, and Africa, and spent four years in
Benin as a Peace Corps volunteer. He has an MBA from Stanford University and
undergraduate degrees in biology and environmental studies from the University of
Victoria, Canada.

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A Brighter Future
d.light is a global leader and pioneer in delivering affordable solar-powered solutions
designed for the two billion people in the developing world without access to reliable
energy. d.light provides distributed solar energy solutions for households and small
businesses that are transforming the way people all over the world use and pay for energy.
Through four hubs in Africa, China, South Asia and the United States, d.light has sold
close to twenty million solar light and power products in 62 countries, improving the lives
of over 80 million people. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable
and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world and reaching
100 million people by 2020.

Our Founding
In 2004, Peace Corps volunteer Sam Goldman's fifteen-year-old neighbor was badly
burned in a kerosene accident in Benin, Africa. Sam knew there had to be better, safer
ways to power homes and businesses in the developing world. After returning to North
America from the Peace Corps, Sam enrolled in Stanford’s Entrepreneurial Design for
Extreme Affordability class, where he met co-founder Ned Tozun. In 2006, Ned and Sam
founded d.light, developing the initial prototype solar lantern and an ambitious plan to
bring safe, bright, clean lighting and power to people around the globe. d.light’s first
commercial solar product made its debut in the marketplace in 2008.