E48: John Guastaferro on Hyundai Hope On Wheels and the Power of Purpose-Driven Philanthropy

So I'll just kick off.

Well, first of all, you're a musician.

What do you play?

Yeah, I play primarily Spanish flamenco guitar.

So if anybody listening Googles my name, you'll find that I have several original albums of music that I've composed on Spotify, Apple Music, and all the platforms, really.

So yeah, it's a big passion of mine, as is Magic.

I've been doing that since I was a kid.

And you might think that that's like, what do these have to do with this world of philanthropy that I lead currently with Hyundai and Genesis? But to me, they're all united.

I'll just put the big umbrella statement at the beginning that my mission in life is to connect people to the extraordinary.

and i get to do that by inspiring people through music certainly bringing wonder through magic but also you know when we're providing these life-saving grants um to kids uh i mean that's the real magic right there so they're all pretty united in my kind of approach to life

Wow.

Well, when we post, we'll definitely put a link over to your Spotify playlist, right? Oh, yeah.

Go for it.

Yeah.

Let's kick off with, because I think it's a pretty interesting story.