Fabian Pfortmüller is a Swiss social entrepreneur & community weaver in Amsterdam. All of Fabian’s work is at the intersection of community & purpose.

Fabian is co-founder of the Together Institute, an organization dedicated to helping purpose-driven communities, networks and ecosystems thrive.

Fabian is also the co-author of the Community Weaving Framework and th Community Canvas, both open-source frameworks to support community weavers across the globe.

Fabian is a co-creator of the Wasan Network, a global network of social impact and philanthropy practitioners who believe that relationships sit at the center of social change.

In the past, Fabian was an Innovator in Residence for the Kauffman Foundation. Fabian also co-founded Sandbox, a global community of young change makers, with 1200 active members in 40+ hubs across the world. Together with Dave Radparvar and Mike Radparvar, Fabian co-founded Holstee, an organization providing tools for a meaningful life. The organization’s manifesto (The Holstee Manifesto) has been shared over 120 million times online and was described by the Washington Post as "the new just do it".

Fabian loves NPR and has helped build and co-lead NPR's Generation Listen Initiative. He is a frequent speaker at events and organizations around the world on the topic of building communities, authentic brand, values driven organizations and social entrepreneurship. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London and has been recognized as “Top 99 Under 33 Foreign Policy Leaders” by the Diplomatic Courier in 2011. 

Nobody knows how Fabian made it through school, but somehow he has a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from Columbia University.

Fabian regularly writes about the intersection of community & purpose on the Together Institute blog.