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Shai Reshef
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounder & President, University of the People

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

Shai Reshef is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and president of University of the People, and the Chairman of the Board for Cramster.com.[1] 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”, 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.

From 1989 to 2005, Reshef served as Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of the Kidum Group—the largest for-profit educational services company based in Israel. 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 chaired KIT eLearning, a subsidiary of Kidum and the eLearning partner of the University of Liverpool. The company was not particularly successful and was acquired by Laureate Online Education in 2004.[1][4][5]

In September 2008, Reshef joined Cramster.com as Chairman after leading efforts as an angel investor to raise $3 million for the company.[6]

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 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 at Yale Law School [10] as part of the ISP Speaker series.[11] Reshef holds an MA from the University of Michigan in Chinese Politics.[12]

In 2009, Reshef was named as a finalist by OneWorld as one of its "People of 2009" [13]. In September 2010, Reshef was selected as a Huffington Post Game Changer for education.[14]


References

  1. ^ a b Pasadena-based plan for online university draws interest. Abdulrahim, Raja. Los Angeles Times. March 9, 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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  11. ^ [2]
  12. ^ Ars Technica, Internet connection + English = college degree. Anderson, Nate. Ars Technica. February 1, 2009. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
  13. ^ People of 2009: Shai Reshef. OneWorld.Net.
  14. ^ Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Education?. Huffington Post. Sept 15, 2010.


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