Jacob’s Story.

Jacob’s story begins in loss — the kind most people never recover from. His mother died when he was young, his father went to jail, and life tossed him between relatives in a whirlwind of instability and grief. Most kids collapse under that weight, but somehow Jacob kept a spark alive. Even in the darkest chapters, he chose to believe there was something more for his life — even if he didn’t yet know what that “more” was.

He became an entrepreneur early, chasing possibility with the same stubborn hope that helped him survive his childhood. Before COVID, he built a successful e-commerce business… and after it collapsed, he spent years drifting, trying new projects, starting over, and fighting a quiet battle with directionlessness. Nothing felt aligned. Nothing felt meaningful. He carried unspoken lies like armor — I’m alone. I have to do everything myself. People can’t be trusted. Nothing really matters.

But beneath all of it, the light never went out.

We met in the summer of 2021, long before Purpose Foundations existed. We were broke and hopeful. Shortly after, he moved in with me… sharing a single room — he slept on an air mattress, I slept in on a more comfortable bed, and we dreamed out loud every night like two kids refusing to quit. We tried building two different businesses that failed. We tried ideas that didn’t work. But Jacob never stopped believing in possibility, and that relentless hope made me trust him with mine.

I’ll never forget the moment I knew he was called to this mission. We were talking about the future, and Jacob — with his strengths of Futuristic and Ideation — began painting possibilities I also had dared imagine. He saw the global movement. He saw lives changed. He saw communities transformed. He saw the impact and potential of Purpose Foundations the way I did.

And when he began to apply the principles of Purpose Foundations for himself, something shifted. He began to stand taller. His confidence returned. His direction became clear again. He started rebuilding the part of himself that life tried to break — the part that believed he mattered. The part that believed God still had something good for him.

Today, Jacob serves as the Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Visionary of Purpose Foundations — a fellow architect of the messaging, the strategist behind our content, and the bridge between the heart of this mission and the people who need it most. He has an unusually sharp intuition for human psychology, culture, creativity, and what captures attention. He helps shape our voice, our impact, and the movement we are building across the world.

Jacob gives his time and life to Purpose Foundations because this work means something — because helping people walk out of darkness is personal to him. He knows what it’s like to feel trapped. He knows what it’s like to feel alone. And now he’s building paths for others that he wishes someone had built for him.