Jacob Kloberdanz is CEO and Founder of ONEHOPE. Through in-home and thousands of virtual wine tasting experiences, ONEHOPE empowers people to share wine and give hope. Since launching ONEHOPE in 2007, he has successfully raised more than $75 million to help grow the brand from zero to over 1.5 million bottles a year, and build a flagship vineyard, home and winery from the ground up in the heart of Napa. Their wines have received numerous 95+ point ratings and 100+ medals in wine competitions. Under his leadership, ONEHOPE has grown to one of the 250 largest wineries of 10,000+ in the US and has received recognition in Inc. magazine’s “500|5000” the last six years as one of the fastest-growing private companies nationwide thanks to their innovative DTC model powered by thousands of independent consultants (Cause Entrepreneurs) who put on 20,000+ wine tasting events in 2019 alone, all raising money for over 8,000 causes.
Sales of their wine and gifts have empowered the ONEHOPE Foundation to donate over $5M to many deserving nonprofit partners. Beyond ONEHOPE, Jacob also serves as a board member on Rebuild North Bay, a foundation that has already helped raise over one billion dollars for the long-term rebuilding of the North Bay following the recent wildfires.
Jacob’s work has been profiled in magazines including Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Inc.; and on shows such as CNBC, FOX and ABC sharing his expertise in building consumer brands, communities and his new model, known as Cause-Centric Commerce, the integration of social impact into everyday commerce and culture. A graduate of Haas School of Business, Jacob was a four-year Scholar-Athlete at Berkeley playing football and rugby, where he won numerous national championships.