Jens Molbak

Jens Molbak is a Board Member at the National Nordic Museum and has several notable accomplishments:

Background and Career

Jens Molbak is an entrepreneur and innovator best known as the founder of Coinstar, a billion-dollar international coin recycling business.3 He founded Coinstar in 1990 with the goal of creating a company that could simultaneously benefit the private, public, and non-profit sectors.2

Current Work

After leaving Coinstar in 2001, Molbak has focused on promoting what he calls "tri-sector innovation".3 In 2020, he founded NewImpact, a nonprofit organization dedicated to:

• Promoting business models that create value across the private, public, and social sectors
• Advocating for a holistic "all of society" approach to solving problems
• Developing tools and resources to enable tri-sector innovation24

As CEO of NewImpact, Molbak works to inspire and enable entrepreneurs and innovators to create businesses with both financial and social impact.34

Board Positions

In addition to his role at NewImpact, Jens Molbak serves on several boards:

• Board Member at the National Nordic Museum14
• Board Member at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington4

Education

Molbak holds degrees from:

• Yale University (undergraduate)
• Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA)24

His background combines business acumen with a commitment to social impact, which informs his current work promoting tri-sector business models.