1954
Bobby Sager enters the world.
2000
President Clinton at the residence giving the family a personal sendoff before we begin our year-long journey.
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
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
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
Launched Sager Ganza microlending program in Rwanda, first to assist women after the genocide and now the largest indigenous program in the country.
Funded building of Teacher Training Center in Northwestern Frontier Province of Pakistan.
2004
Funded building of the Sager School for orphan boys in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2005
Founded YPO Presidents’ Action Now Chapter connecting presidents from over 100 countries to leverage efforts globally.
2006
Executive Produced “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” film; awarded Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize and Venice Film Festival Critics Week Prize.
Named Honorary Consul General of Nepal for U.S.
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.
Launched Sager Science Leadership Program to train Tibetan Monks and Nuns at Library of Tibetan Works and Archive in Dharamshala, India.
2008
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
Published The Power of the Invisible Sun.
Inspiration for NBC television series The Philanthropist.
2010
Led investment group behind Polaroid’s revival; served as Chairman for eight years.
2011
Funded building of Science lab for Monks in Dharamshala, India.
2013
Published Beyond the Robe.
Awarded YPO Hickock Award.
2014
Featured in TEDx Talk Series (Be Selfish, Go Help Someone).
2015
Partnered with Dalai Lama to build Drepung Loseling Science Center in Mundgod, India.
2016
Built Science for Nuns Program; opening science education for first time to female monastics.
2017
Published Untouched Octaves, collaboration with Pakistani poet Amin Hashwani.
2019
Published Invisible Sun (new edition of The Power of the Invisible Sun).
2020
Launched COVID response initiatives through Sager Family Foundation.
2021
Continued expanding photographic archive across conflict zones.
2022
2023
Being Human Exhibition at Global Citizens Forum in Rak, UAE.
2024
Being Human Exhibition at New Vision Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2025
Science for Monks and Nuns 25th Anniversary
2027
Being Human coming in Spring 2027.

