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3. '''Accolades'''
3. '''Accolades'''


In 2009, Reshef was named one of Fast Company magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business, [2]selected by OneWorld as one of its “People of 2009” (Source: Allen, Jeffrey (February 4, 2009) People of 2009 One World http://us.oneworld.net/perspectives/peopleof2009/368696-people-2009-finalist-shai-reshef) , awarded a fellowship by Ashoka and welcomed to the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) as a High-level Adviser. During the summer of 2010, Shai participated in the Science Foo Camp (SciFoo), an informal discussion, demonstration and debate with over 200 of the leading scientists, technologists, writers and other thought-leaders and was granted membership to the Clinton Global Initiative (GCI). In September 2010, Reshef was selected as a Huffington Post Game Changer -- one of the 100 innovators, visionaries, mavericks, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it.
In 2009, Reshef was named one of [[Fast Company]] magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business, [2]selected by OneWorld as one of its “People of 2009” (Source: Allen, Jeffrey (February 4, 2009) People of 2009 One World http://us.oneworld.net/perspectives/peopleof2009/368696-people-2009-finalist-shai-reshef) , awarded a fellowship by Ashoka and welcomed to the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) as a High-level Adviser. During the summer of 2010, Shai participated in the Science Foo Camp (SciFoo), an informal discussion, demonstration and debate with over 200 of the leading scientists, technologists, writers and other thought-leaders and was granted membership to the Clinton Global Initiative (GCI). In September 2010, Reshef was selected as a Huffington Post Game Changer -- one of the 100 innovators, visionaries, mavericks, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it.


4. '''Personal life'''
4. '''Personal life'''

Revision as of 11:48, 17 September 2010

Shai Reshef
Born(1955-09-11)11 September 1955
OccupationEntrepreneur


Shai Reshef (born September 11, 1955) is an educational entrepreneur. He is the Founder & President of University of the People.[1]

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1. Education and Career

From 1989 to 2005, Reshef served as Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of the Kidum Group—a for-profit educational services company. Reshef joined Kidum in 1989 when it was a single product company with revenues of $100,000. Under his leadership, Kidum grew to become a company with annual revenues in excess of $25 million, with over 1,000 employees and 50,000 students a year. In 2005, he sold the company to Kaplan, Inc., one of the world’s largest education companies and a subsidiary of the Washington Post. [3] Between 2001 and 2004, while continuing as the chairman of Kidum, Reshef lived in the Netherlands where he chaired KIT eLearning, a subsidiary of Kidum. KIT is the eLearning partner of the University of Liverpool and the first online university outside of the United States. KIT provides MBA and M.Sc. degrees in IT. In 2004, the company was acquired by Laureate Online Education.[1][4][5] In January 2009, Reshef unveiled University of the People, a non-profit, tuition-free, online academic institution that aims to revolutionize higher education by making college-level studies accessible to students worldwide.[7][8] Reshef holds an M.A. from the University of Michigan in Chinese Politics.

2. President of University of the People

Reshef has spoken internationally at conferences including DLD: Digital, Life, Design in Munich, Hacking Education in New York[9], the World Economic Forum on the Middle East in Amman, Jordan, UNDESA-GAID Global Forum in Monterrey, Mexico, and Fourth University Industry Council Symposium in Kolkata, India. He has also lectured several times at Yale Law School [10] as part of the ISP Speaker series [11] in [New Haven, CT] and presented a keynote speech at Google: Think Education.

3. Accolades

In 2009, Reshef was named one of Fast Company magazine’s “100 Most Creative People in Business, [2]selected by OneWorld as one of its “People of 2009” (Source: Allen, Jeffrey (February 4, 2009) People of 2009 One World http://us.oneworld.net/perspectives/peopleof2009/368696-people-2009-finalist-shai-reshef) , awarded a fellowship by Ashoka and welcomed to the United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (GAID) as a High-level Adviser. During the summer of 2010, Shai participated in the Science Foo Camp (SciFoo), an informal discussion, demonstration and debate with over 200 of the leading scientists, technologists, writers and other thought-leaders and was granted membership to the Clinton Global Initiative (GCI). In September 2010, Reshef was selected as a Huffington Post Game Changer -- one of the 100 innovators, visionaries, mavericks, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it.

4. Personal life Reshef is married with four children. 5. References 6. External Links

References

1.^ a b Pasadena-based plan for online university draws interest. Abdulrahim, Raja. Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

2.^ 37.Shai reshef. Fast Company. Retrieved on 2009-06-20

3.^ Kaplan to Acquire Kidum, the leading provider of test preparation in Israel. (press release) Kaplan, Inc. August 3, 2005. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

4.^ Laureate Online Education and K.I.T. eLearning B.V., the eLearning partner of the University of Liverpool, announce name change. (press release) November 2004. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

5. ^ It's Time to Give Back. Richardson, Nicole Marie. Inc.com. April 20, 2009.

6. ^ Online Homework Helper Cramster Gets $3 million. Venture Beat. September 25, 2008. Retrieved on 2009-06-07.

7. ^ The Associated Press, Haaretz, Israeli founds world's first tuition-free online university

8. ^ Israeli Entrepreneur Plans a Free Global University That Will Be Online Only. New York Times. January 26, 2009

9. ^ Speakers '09. DLD Digital, Life, Design. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.

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12. ^ Ars Technica, Internet connection + English = college degree. Anderson, Nate. Ars Technica. February 1, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.



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