Meet Tez Steinberg
Chief Engine Officer of United World Challenge & Triple Athlete in Business, Adventure and Endurance Art
Business Leader
Recognized by some of the world’s foremost organizations
- Global Shaper alum of the World Economic Forum
- Former Fellow of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Member of The Explorers Club of New York, NEXUS Global, Summit, and Ultramarine Ocean Action
Background
- MBA, London Business School
- 6 years experience serving blue chip clients such as Google and T-Mobile with Deloitte Consulting
- 10 years experience founding and growing social enterprises
Ultra Endurance Athlete
Over 15 years experience in endurance racing.
- In 2020, I became the only person in history to solo row 2700 miles over 71 days from California to Hawaii (Expedition 1).
- In 2024, I became the only person in history to row Hawaii to Australia, solo and nonstop (Expedition 2)
- I’ve also completed 47 marathons, 2 Ironmans with top finishes, a 145-mile nonstop ultramarathon, and more.
Endurance Artist
"Endurance art” is my craft of weaving adventure, business, and storytelling to create a better world.
- 24 years experience in theater, public speaking and nonfiction creative writing
- Published by World Economic Forum & other outlets
- Raised $250K in public donations across Expeditions 1 and 2 through engaging storytelling and partnerships
- My “North Star” vision is to create positive social impact and maximize growth opportunities for my community, my teams, and myself to become our best selves
Team
Tez Steinberg
Chief Engine Officer
Sonya Baumstein
Chief Duty Officer
Ethan Forsgren, MD
Medical Director
Jaclyn Gruber
Campaign Strategist
Jerry Johnston
StoryMap Lead
Partners
Sungai Watch is the world's leading river barrier catchment solution. With over 180 river barriers installed and maintained daily, Sungai Watch has collected over 1.1 million kilograms of plastic to date. With United World Challenge, we're helping Sungai expand to new regions and bring their solution to help clean Asia's most polluting rivers.
OCN.AI is like a FitBit for the ocean, using technology on buoys and boats to gather cutting-edge ocean health data. Together, we're outfitting the Challenge vessel with a series of sensors to collect real-time ocean health data, stored on the blockchain for researchers worldwide to access.
Hakkoda is a modern data consultancy purpose-built to harness the power of data for good. With talented teams of data engineers, scientists, and AI experts, Hakkoda drives innovation for clients while tackling some of the world's biggest problems. From marine life conservation to the ocean plastics crisis, we believe that great change is powered by great data.
The United World Challenge Expedition 2 is a zero-waste expedition thanks to our partnership with CRDC. All plastic waste from the our expedition will be upcycled into CRDC's groundbreaking product, RESIN8, an environmental friendly substitute for sand used in concrete manufacturing.
Seakeepers and the United World Challenge are partnering on citizen science research projects to gather data across the Pacific Ocean on population dynamics of plankton and velella velella, important species for pelagic ecosystems. Together, we research, educate, protect and restore!
Far Away Projects is a 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsorship organization that supports global social impact projects and grassroots efforts around the world. Far Away provides the United World Challenge with nonprofit status and extensive backend support to grow our mission to help solve ocean plastic.
The United World Challenge is proud to be part of the 1% for the Planet community, which connects businesses and nonprofits to protect the environment. Learn more at onepercentfortheplanet.org
During Expedition 1, the United World Challenge partnered with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to gather world-first data for microplastic research. The United World Challenge will once again partner with Scripps to advance oceanic research during the next challenge with a series of world-first data collection methods.
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