Dennis Pinto
Managing Director
Micato Safaris
Speaker Bio
Dennis Pinto represents the second generation of Pintos at Micato Safaris. After several years in international banking, he heeded the irresistible lure of his family’s hospitality business. In 1982, he established the New York office of the safari outfitter his parents founded in Kenya 60 years ago. Micato has since expanded to India and Southern Africa. Dennis co-founded Micato’s nonprofit arm, AmericaShare, dedicated to educating orphaned and vulnerable children in Africa. Dennis is also a founding member of Huru International, which manufactures and provides reusable sanitary products to impoverished teenage girls to enable them to stay in school during their periods. Under his leadership, Micato Safaris has won numerous awards, including World’s Best Tour Operator in Travel+Leisure magazine and World Saver awards from Condé Nast Traveler. Dennis resides in New York City with his wife, Joy Phelan-Pinto, and their daughter and son—young safari enthusiasts whom he hopes to entice into the family business.
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