On September 23, 2013, global leaders converged at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York. The Hult Prize event took place on the first day of CGI’s four-day meeting to determine the next generation of social entrepreneurs. The 26 contestants competed in six teams and had already beaten over 10,000 college and university students from over 150 countries. The challenge? To create a social enterprise that will secure food for undernourished communities and particularly for those 200 million people that live in urban slums. Others judges included:
- Desh Deshpande, President and Chairman, Sparta Group
- Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme
- Kathy Calvin, President and CEO, United Nations Foundation
- Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Founder of Grameen Bank
- Peter Sands, Group CEO, Standard Chartered Bank
- Premal Shah, Co-founder and President, Kiva
- Steve Andrews, CEO, SolarAid
About the Hult Prize
Over the last four years, the Hult Prize has brought together over 24,000 college and university students to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. The annual initiative is the world’s largest student competition for social good and was founded by Ahmad Ashkar, a Hult International Business School alumnus. This year’s challenge: the global food crisis, was personally selected by key partner President Clinton. The Hult Prize has been funded by the Hult family since its inception in 2009.
