Danny Kennedy is Sungevity's Founder and author of “Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy — and our Planet — from Dirty Energy”. A long-time social entrepreneur, Danny has achieved global recognition as an environmental activist, spokesperson and opinion leader. He has a Bachelor of Science from Macquarie University in Sydney and dropped out of the Law School there. Danny lives in California with his wife Miya Yoshitani and two daughters.
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Activist To Entrepreneur
Danny Kennedy
TEDxSydney 2013 · 4 May 2016
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