Peter Thum

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Biography

Mr. Peter Thum is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Fonderie 47. He is also the Founder and serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Liberty United. Mr. Peter Thum was the Co-Founder & served as the President at Ethos Brands. In 2008, while working in Africa on water projects, Peter met boys and young men armed with assault rifles. He decided to try to do something to turn the AK47 against itself by transforming these guns into objects that were beautiful, noble and completely opposite to the gun from which they were made. This concept has evolved into Fonderie 47. Fonderie 47 has destroyed more than 40,000 assault rifles in African war zones. Liberty United funds programs to stop gun violence in the U.S. and focuses on making children and communities safer in neighborhoods with extreme gun violence. Peter previously founded and was President of Ethos Water, which was acquired by Starbucks in 2005 and has provided water to some half a million people worldwide. Thum founded the non-profit Giving Water, which has helped over 6,000 schoolchildren in Africa get water and sanitation access. He previously worked at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the Gallo Winery.