When you hear the name Ashton Kutcher, you probably think of a handsome Hollywood movie star. But you may be surprised to learn the former male model is also a respected investor and entrepreneur, accredited with helping to build the success of some of today's most impactful companies — including Airbnb, Spotify and Uber.
You may be even more surprised to learn Ashton Kutcher is a prominent figure in the anti-human trafficking effort.
In 2016, Ashton appeared on "TODAY" to promote his Netflix series "The Ranch." But then the conversation turned to Thorn — an organization he and his ex-wife Demi Moore founded in 2008.
Thorn reported that in 2015, 75 percent of child sex trafficking survivors it surveyed were eventually "sold" online. "Basically, the purchase and commerce for human trafficking is happening online, just like everything else now, and so we’re building digital tools to fight back against it," Ashton said.
In one year alone, Ashton and his company identified and recovered over 6,000 trafficking victims, along with identifying and recovering 2,000 traffickers.
This is a staggering statistic, but not one he uses to bolster fame or power. Again, it's something of which many people are unaware.
Towards the end of the following clip, Ashton reveals another one of his incredible goals… and this one is perhaps even more ambitious.
