Paul Rowett

Paul Rowett

Biography

Life started in Swaziland for Paul and then moved to JHB where he was schooled at King Edwards VII. He attended Stellenbosch University and graduated with a Bcom Law degree. He completed a Post Grad at UCT in Entrepreneurship and then started his first business the day after graduation. 

He has been lucky enough to co-found many start-ups with some inspiring people – a few of those concluded in successful exits. At Lobster Ink, they built an Education Technology Platform that spanned over two million users and distributed curated learning content globally in over 20 languages. This journey taught him some valuable skills which he now plans to utilise in his next focus area, Climate Tech. Innovators have consistently solved complex global problems driven by intrinsic value creation. Now humanity is asking innovators to solve the world’s most complex problem yet, decarbonising the Global Economy. His aim is to utilise his skills to support and grow these innovators to produce solutions that will allow us to live a more sustainable future.

He and his beautiful wife, Kirsty are blessed with three incredible children; Lucy (7), Thomas (5) and Harry (2).