John Fullerton is an unconventional economist, impact investor, writer, and, some have said, philosopher. He is considered the architect of Regenerative Economics, first conceived in his 2015 booklet, “Regenerative Capitalism: How Universal Patterns and Principles Will Shape the New Economy.”
In 2018, he published the companion work, “Finance for a Regenerative World” in four Acts. Regenerative Economics: Revolutionary thinking for a World in Crisis is due out in 2025.
After a successful 20-year career on Wall Street, where he was a Managing Director of what he calls “the old JPMorgan,” John listened to a persistent inner voice and walked away in 2001 with no plan but many questions. A few months later, he experienced 9-11 firsthand. The questions crystallized into his life’s work with the creation of the Capital Institute in 2010. Capital Institute is dedicated to the bold reimagination of economics and finance in service to life, reflecting the evolutionary shift in consciousness from Modern Age thinking to Integral Age thinking. Guided by the universal patterns and principles that describe how all healthy living systems that sustain themselves in the real world actually work, the promise of Regenerative Economics and Finance is to unlock the profound and presently unseen potential that is the source of our future prosperity and the reason for hope in our troubled times. John’s work is now featured in the 8-week online course, “Regenerative Economics: New Ways of Seeing, Thinking, Being and Managing for the 21st Century,” which has a growing and active alumni base of over 1,500 people from 80 countries.
During his Wall Street career, John managed numerous capital markets and derivatives businesses around the globe and was JPMorgan’s Oversight Committee Representative that managed the rescue of Long-Term Capital Management in 1998, and finally was Chief Investment Officer for Lab Morgan before retiring from the firm. A committed impact investor, John is the co-founder of Grasslands, LLC, and a board member of Aquasafra, Inc., the Savory Institute, and is a Member of the Club of Rome. A frequent public speaker, John was featured in the 2021 award-winning documentary Going Circular with James Lovelock.
