0 someone who starts or runs a social enterprise (= an organization that aims to make money in order to serve a useful social purpose):
The fund will support 25 social entrepreneurs to set up projects that will have social benefits for communities.
Operating on a shoestring and aided by the wide reach of the internet, these students are breaking ground as social entrepreneurs.
Back then, his goal was not to be a high-minded social entrepreneur. He just wanted to reduce employee turnover.
He's the ultimate social entrepreneur - a guy with a good idea, prepared to start small and stay with it as long as it takes to have a big impact.
Social entrepreneurs are not running a charity - they can and often do keep some of any profit made for themselves.