For Us, By Us:The Global Youth Challenge

Sheryl Chamberlain

VP Strategic Alliances – Medidata

Chair – Hult Prize Foundation

The Hult Prize Foundation was founded in 2009 by current CEO and Palestinian-American entrepreneur Ahmad A. Ashkar. Ahmad founded the company after he left the banking industry to provide youth around the world with the inspiration, knowledge, and training to create startup enterprises that sustainably solve global challenges. Originally launched as a program offering university students an opportunity to win startup funding for an idea stage social enterprise, the organization today has become a global movement of more than one million youth spanning 121 countries with a diverse and international staff of more than 2500 people. Through the backing of the Hult family and the Hult International Business School, and in partnership with the United Nations, the Hult Prize now offers robust learning programs focused on youth empowerment, entrepreneurship and impact. The organization has been recognized by Fast Company as “One of the Top 10 Most Innovative” companies in the world and was featured in a TIME Magazine cover story on the, “Top 5 Ideas Changing the World.”

6 weeks

United Nations, NY

September - December March - April July - August September1 week

Hult Prize teams come fromdifferent backgrounds with one final purpose: to change the world.

• Served as a quarter final round of the global USD 1M flagship challenge• Helped identify and hire the best talent globally• Inspired hundreds of thousands of students through workshops, info sessions, fun and

competition• Grown +200% year over year

+1,500 Universities+120 Countries

Since 2014, the Hult Prize OnCampusProgram has allowed hundreds of thousands of students from all around the world to bring the Hult Prize movement directly to their universities.

The winning teams of each of our more than 1,500 OnCampus events around the world will have the opportunity to choose from one of our 25+ Regions to showcase their idea live on a global stage. From Boston to Shanghai, Dubai, Toronto, San Francisco, Tunisia, London, Egypt, Lagos, Mexico, Nairobi, Quito, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, etc. Our Regional Summits selects the teams that will have the chance to live the experience of our Global Accelerator and be one step closer to the million dollars.

Winning teams from each of our 25+ Regional finals from across the world will have the chance to join the Hult Prize Accelerator Program at the Hult Castle, in the U.K. A global ecosystem of business leaders, mentors, investors, and corporate partners help forge a path for our students to become entrepreneurs and support their development for life. Our network opens doors to capital, mentorship, marketing, business development, customer acquisition, and talent recruitment.

Each year, the Hult Prize team issues a big bold challenge aligned with a large market opportunity inspiring students from over 120 countries to solve its greatest problem.200,000 begin the journey, the top 50 get incubated in our Castle in the U.K. and the top 6 teams pitch for USD$1 Million in startup funding at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

HULT PRIZE GLOBAL FINALS AT THE UNITED NATIONS