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Ahmad Ashkar
File:Ahmad Ashkar.png
NationalityPalestinian and American
Occupation(s)businessman, author, educator, public speaker
Years activesince 2009
Known forFounder and CEO of Hult Prize Foundation

Ahmad Ashkar is a Palestinian-American businessman, author, educator and philanthropist who lives in Washington, DC.[1] In 2016, Ashkar was named Entrepreneur of the Year, by Esquire Magazine.[2]

He is the Founder and CEO of the Hult Prize Foundation[3] - named in a Time Magazine cover story featuring the top five ideas changing the world.[4] The Hult Prize has also been called the "Nobel Prize for students."[5]

Ahmad is an advisory board member of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)[6] and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Expert Network of the World Economic Forum.[7]

Expertise

Ahmad is recognized as an expert in economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, innovation, crowd science, social entrepreneurship and endowments.[8] Ashkar has also been recognized as one of the world's top Arab-American entrepreneurs by leading Middle East publications including Gulf Business,[9] Arabian Business[10] and Gulf News.[11]

Since founding the Hult Prize in 2009, Ahmad has led the growth of the foundation into the world’s largest engine for the development of early stage startups in the impact sector with more than 50,000 entrepreneurs participating annually.[12] A global network of over one million people in more than 100 countries, the Hult Prize is home to the world’s largest community of millennials seeking to good by doing well.[13]

Ahmad also serves as an adviser to family offices, religious institutions, private and government sector entities across the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Asia, where he consults on economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, innovation, crowd science, social entrepreneurship and endowments. He has been profiled as a leader in his sector by media outlets and industry journals in more than 35 countries including Harvard Business Review; most recently appearing in a cover story for Inc Magazine[14] and Esquire.

Ahmad is the author of the forthcoming book, "The Pursuit of Impact" and serves as an economic adviser to governments across Asia, Latam and MENA and is a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan, Georgetown, AUB and the Hult International Business School – where he earned his MBA in international business and was the 2015 alumnus of the year.[15][16][17]

Early life

Ahmad Ashkar was born in Palestine and grew up in Kansas City. He played high school football at Immaculata Prep, where he was ranked 8th in the state for rushing at 1818 total yard.[18] He was selected to participate in the shrine bowl[19] and the KC Metro Bowl[20] and is listed among the top Kansas high school football players of the 1990s.[21]

After graduating college from Avila University, Ashkar took an internship with a French investment bank and began his career in the finance sector.[10]

In 2008, Ahmad co-founded the first US based Islamic Bank initiative in New York City, geared towards providing shari’ah compliant finance to Americans. The bank did not succeed because of the financial crisis. In 2009, he enrolled at Hult International Business School where he founded Global Case Challenge, Inc today known as the Hult Prize.[10]

Awards

Keynote speeches

Ahmad is a public speaker and has keynoted more than 50 conferences, commencements and global summits.

References

  1. ^ Mazzoni, Mary (8 November 2016). "The Hult Prize: Incubating for Impact". Triple Pundit. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ Lawrence, Jeremy (6 March 2017). "How capitalism and humanitarianism can combine". Esquire Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ^ Melby, Caleb (30 April 2012). "Hult Global Case Challenge Is Changing The Social Business Paradigm". Forbes. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ^ Bill, Clinton (October 1, 2012). "Bill Clinton on Why The World is Getting Better All The Time". Time Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Creating the Next Wave of Social Entrepreneurs". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. ^ "UNDP Innovation Facility Advisory Board". UNDP. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  7. ^ [1] (subscription required)
  8. ^ Ashkar, Ahmad (25 July 2013). "Create a Crowd Competition That Works". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  9. ^ Khalife, Leyal (7 July 2016). "It's time to vote for 2016 Gulf Business Awards". Gulf Business. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  10. ^ a b c King, Nei (11 May 2015). "Eyes on the prize: Ahmad Ashkar". Arabian Business. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  11. ^ Chaudhary, Suchitra Bajpai (29 September 2013). "Making social entreprenurship profitable". Gulf News. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  12. ^ Woodward, Vivienne (7 April 2017). "The $1 Million "Nobel Prize" For Social Entrepreneurs Now Dedicated To Refugees". GOOD Money. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  13. ^ Bahree, Megha (11 January 2015). "A million dollars to solve the world's problems". USA Today. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  14. ^ Grové, Christine (21 November 2016). "Why Hult Prize's Ahmad Ashkar Thinks That The Future Of Business Is Charity". Inc Arabia. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Ahmad Ashkar Wins the Award for Alumnus of the Year". Hult SF Alumni. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  16. ^ Aragao, Marianna (23 June 2013). "Projeto que destina US$ 1 milhão a start-ups sociais mira Brasil". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  17. ^ "Avila University Accent Magazine - Spring 2014". Avila University Accent Magazine. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  18. ^ Kuplen, Chet (31 July 2014). "Looking back 15 years in Kansas High School Football". Sports in Kansas. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Trio of city players voted to East club for Shrine Bowl". The Capital-Journal. 16 December 1999. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  20. ^ "HAMILTON, STAFF ANNOUNCE 17 RECRUITS". Et Online. 8 February 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  21. ^ Chet, Kuplen (11 December 2013). "Top Kansas High School Football Players of the 1990s". Sports in Kansas. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  22. ^ "World Sustainability".
  23. ^ "Social Innovation Leadership Awards".
  24. ^ "Revealed: The Gulf's top 10 entrepreneurs - Gulf Business". 17 July 2016.
  25. ^ "Alumni Awards 2014".
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