CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston will be receiving a new, unique business school designed by an international educator.
Stuart Williams is the founder and chairman of In Place Impact and the CEO of Enlightened Soil Corp . He spent many years of his life working with students at the College of Charleston and even created the Stuart M. Williams Impact Scholars program. The first course challenged students to create a for-profit company that solved a socioeconomic or environmental issue.
Williams stepped away from volunteering at the school around 11 years later. He said other institutions approached him to create a similar program at their institutions, but decided to go in a different direction. One globally recognized family with a global brand came to Williams and asked him to design The Charleston School of Capitalism for Good.
“There were two conditions for me to say yes to that,” Williams said. “The first was that I would do it on the weekends because I’m actively engaged in other things. The second was that it would have to be located in Charleston, South Carolina. I care about that city – I care about that community because of all the community work I’ve been doing the past 14 years of being here.”