Global Hero Award Winners

Tazin Shadid

2020: Tazin Shadid
Founder, Spreeha Bangladesh

Celeste Mergens

2019: Celeste Mergens
Founder and CEO of Days for Girls International

2018: Patrick G. Awuah, Jr.
Founder and President of Ashesi University, Ghana

Tom Waldron

2017: Tom Waldron (in memoriam)
Founder and CEO of Waldron

Bill Neukom

2016: Bill Neukom
Founder, The World Justice Project

Bill Gates Sr., Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2015: Bill Gates Sr.
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Akhtar Badshah, Former Senior Director, Microsoft

2014: Akhtar Badshah
Former Senior Director, Microsoft

Jennifer Potter, Former CEO, Initiative for Global Development

2013: Jennifer Potter
Former CEO, Initiative for Global Development

Therese Caouette, Southeast Asia Regional Advisor, Partners Asia

2012: Therese Caouette
Southeast Asia Regional Advisor, Partners Asia

Roy Prosterman, Co-founder, Landesa

2011: Roy Prosterman
Co-founder, Landesa