1954

Bobby Sager 1954

Bobby Sager enters the world.

2000

Bobby with Family and Bill Clinton

President Clinton at the residence giving the family a personal sendoff before we begin our year-long journey.

Gordon Brothers

President from 1985 to 2000; grew company from $10M to multi-billion dollar enterprise in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Started Sager Family Foundation and Traveling Roadshow; built three schools in Nepal as first initiative.

2001

Science for Monks launch

Launched Science for Monks with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama introducing science to monastics for first time in 1,500 years of Tibetan Buddhism.

2002

Peace Action Network

Created Peace Action Network within YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) as one of two founding chairs.

Funded building of Sager School for orphan girls in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Awarded YPO Global Humanitarian Award.

2003

Sager Ganza microlending

Launched Sager Ganza microlending program in Rwanda, first to assist women after the genocide and now the largest indigenous program in the country.

Teacher Training Center Pakistan

Funded building of Teacher Training Center in Northwestern Frontier Province of Pakistan.

2004

Sager School for orphan boys

Funded building of the Sager School for orphan boys in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Sager School Afghanistan

2005

YPO

Founded YPO Presidents’ Action Now Chapter connecting presidents from over 100 countries to leverage efforts globally.

2006

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Executive Produced “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” film; awarded Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize and Venice Film Festival Critics Week Prize.

Honorary Consul General Nepal

Named Honorary Consul General of Nepal for U.S.

Hands Up Not Handouts

Launched Hands Up Not Handouts program in Rwanda and Palestine to give female artisans access to global markets.

2007

Named Honorary Consul General of Rwanda for U.S.

Sager Science Leadership Program

Launched Sager Science Leadership Program to train Tibetan Monks and Nuns at Library of Tibetan Works and Archive in Dharamshala, India.

2008

The Police reunion tour

The Power of the Invisible Sun photographs of children from conflict zones seen by over 4M people during The Police worldwide reunion tour.

Funded building of school in Lo Manthang, ancient 700-year-old walled city in Mustang, Nepal with Sting and his family.

2009

Power of the Invisible Sun book

Published The Power of the Invisible Sun.

Speech at the UN
NBC The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist TV series

Inspiration for NBC television series The Philanthropist.

2010

Polaroid revival

Led investment group behind Polaroid’s revival; served as Chairman for eight years.

Polaroid Chairman

2011

Funded building of Science lab for Monks in Dharamshala, India.

2013

Published Beyond the Robe.

Awarded YPO Hickock Award.

2013 event

2014

Babson Commencement Speech

Featured in TEDx Talk Series (Be Selfish, Go Help Someone).

2015

Drepung Loseling Science Center

Partnered with Dalai Lama to build Drepung Loseling Science Center in Mundgod, India.

2016

Science for Nuns Program

Built Science for Nuns Program; opening science education for first time to female monastics.

Female monastics science education

2017

Untouched Octaves book

Published Untouched Octaves, collaboration with Pakistani poet Amin Hashwani.

2017 photography
2017 work

2019

Invisible Sun book

Published Invisible Sun (new edition of The Power of the Invisible Sun).

Invisible Sun photography
2019 work

2020

Launched COVID response initiatives through Sager Family Foundation.

2021

Invisible Sun exhibition Tartu

Continued expanding photographic archive across conflict zones.

2021 photography

2022

Diriyah Face to Face
Berlin Photo Week

2023

Diriyah Face to Face

Published Diriyah Face to Face: An intimate portrait of an epic place.

Being Human Exhibition at Global Citizens Forum in Rak, UAE

Being Human Exhibition at Global Citizens Forum in Rak, UAE.

2024

Being Human Exhibition at New Vision Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Being Human Exhibition at New Vision Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2025

Science for Monks and Nuns 25th Anniversary

2027

Being Human book cover

Being Human coming in Spring 2027.