Teo A. Babun is a Cuban-American businessman, evangelical philanthropist, and human rights (freedom of religion) advocate. He is the founder of BG Consultants and Cuba-Caribbean Development Co. and also the head of Outreach Aid to the Americas (OAA) and AmericasRelief.

Babun began his professional career manufacturing electrical components in Wisconsin and Connecticut. He founded General Electro-Components in 1980 to manufacture electrical relays and solenoids under the brand "Line Electric", serving as president and CEO.^[4] In 1981 he developed the TO-5, then known as "The World's Smallest Solenoid." In 1987 he moved back to South Florida in order to work for his father's company, Bahamas Line shipping company.^[2] In 1990 Babun founded the Cuba Investment Fund, in order to accumulate investment funds and strategies for when the United States lifts the economic embargo they have levied on the island.^[6]

Babun is the founder and head of BG Consultants, located in Miami.^[7] He is also the founder and managing partner of the Miami consulting firm Cuba-Caribbean Development Co, a division of his Babun Group Consulting^[1] that advises companies on the potential of a future free market in Cuba.^[8] In his role with the for-profit company he has advocated for a change in Cuban-US economic relations.^[9] Babun's clients have included Baskin Robbins and Royal Caribbean Cruises.^[10][11]

In 1992 he founded the Babun Shipping Corporation in Miami under his holding company T. Babun Co.^[12] He was also the founder of Cuba Claims Registry Assistance LLP, a property registry for Cuban exiles to establish claims upon land and other property that was confiscated.^[13]

Beginning in 1994 Babun decided to dedicate the rest of his life to humanitarian ministry in support of vulnerable persons in the region and the emerging church in Cuba.  He founded Outreach Aid to the Americas, Inc.  (OAA).  The organization responds to the needs of the vulnerable people in the Americas Region through relief and development programs.  OAA thru its faith-based initiative “EchoCuba” uses methodologies, tools, and training modules to help advance entrepreneurship, organizational skills, education, religious freedoms, and social services in Cuba.

In 2016 OAA expanded services to Central America, the Caribbean Islands, including Puerto Rico and Southern Mexico to send aid from the US to faith-based organizations and provide business development products to encourage small business creation. As the spokesperson for the organization, he has advocated for religious freedoms,^[1][14][15] small business ownership as one of the keys to creating the conditions necessary for reducing poverty ^[16] in Central America, and for more effective disaster resiliency programs ^[17] to save lives in countries affected by hurricanes.

On February 12, 2019 he was accused of being a “public enemy and a mercenary” of Cuba by Granma,^[18][19] Cuba's official publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. He was charged with trying to create discord among Evangelical Church Leaders in Cuba by “providing them with misleading information and enticing them to commit acts of disobedience with promises of humanitarian aid.” In interviews with Radio & Television Marti,^[20] Babun defended his efforts to unify the Evangelical Church Leaders around a shared advocacy campaign to obtain greater Freedom of Religion and Belief language in a new constitution^[21][22] scheduled for a referendum on February 24, 2019.^[23]

In 2021, OAA expanded its international advocacy work on Freedom of Religion & Belief to include Nicaragua. It also built its local capacity of faith-based partners in the Central American Northern Triangle Countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to participate in The United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) efforts to help address the drivers of irregular migration to the United States.

In 2022, he advocated for religion freedom and belief for Nicaragua and Cuba at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Geneva where he led a panel discussion titled “America’s Wars: How to Defend Human Rights and Religion in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela”, and at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, where he also spoke at side events against the authoritarian governments of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. On October 1 of the same year, Babun received the Outstanding Community Service Award from The Florida Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council, in an event that brought together Miami-Dade County elected officials and faith community leaders to better engage, communicate, and collaborate to help build Miami and its communities.

Babun is the author of The Business Guide to Cuba,.^[1] The Sun-Sentinel stated that for "foreign companies - and to U.S. entrepreneurs who want the lay of the land ahead of normalized relations - Babun's book provides precious detail for strategic planning".^[2]

He also co-authored the book The Cuban Revolution: The Years of Promise with Victor Andres Triay in 2005, using photographs of the Cuban Revolution owned by Babun's father used as the primary focus of the book.^[24][25][26] José Manuel García reviewed the book in the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, calling the book "an exceptionally significant contribution to Cuban history through the power of photography".^[24] Babun has also self-published the book Dealing with Your Personal Crisis, which presents Christian coping methods for personal traumas.^[27] His recent prayer and reflection books also include Practicing His Presence: 8 Minutes of Daily Intimacy with God^[28] and Buenos Dias Abba: Sabiduria y Reflexion Para Todos Los Dias.^[29] His most recent publication is the book Faith and Freedom in Latin America, which details and exposes violations of religious freedom in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

Babun has been a contributor to newspapers including the Chicago Tribune,^[30] the Washington Post,^[31] The Miami Herald,^{[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]} El Nuevo Herald,^[42][43][44] The Washington Examiner,^[45][46][47] The Sun Sentinel,^[48] and The Hill (newspaper).^[49]