Jeff Hilimire, TEDxAtlanta 2025

jeff hilimire

purpose architect

Jeff Hilimire is the best-selling author of the Turnaround Leadership Series and an accomplished entrepreneur who has launched multiple organizations and successfully sold two companies. His current business, Purpose Group, is a purpose-driven holding company focused on proving that business can be a profitable force for good in the world.

Additionally, Jeff acts as co-founder and board member of Dragon Army (a purpose-driven digital agency), Ripples Media (a book publishing company), 48in48 (a nonprofit hosting global nonprofit hackathon events), and The A Pledge (a nonprofit creating a path for systemic opportunity in the marketing and adversity industries in Atlanta). He’s also a board member of Goodie Nation, In the Action, The Carter Center, and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

Jeff lives in Atlanta with his wife and their five children.