Our global community
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship recognises that there are various vehicles for driving and championing social innovation: politics and government, markets, academia as well as social enterprises.
We believe social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs are key to tackling global challenges and improving the state of the world.
Our goal is to highlight and expand leading models of social innovation. Search the entire Schwab Foundation network of social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs by award category, year awarded, sector, or region of impact below.

Helmy Abouleish
Sekem Group
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2003

Verónica Abud Cabrera
Fundación Educacional y Cultural La Fuente
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2009

Seiko Adachi
Social Welfare Corporation Shinko Fukushikai
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2014

Fatuma Abdulkadir Adan
Horn of Africa Development Initiative - HODI
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2018

Tulin Akin
Tabit
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2018

Nebahat Akkoc
Kamer
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2008

Alberto Alemanno
The Good Lobby
- Social Innovation Thought Leader
- 2022

Eleanor Allen
Water For People
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2017

Zeinab Al Momany
Sakhrah Women's Society Cooperative
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2008

Naif Al Mutawa
Tuhoon
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2009

Shaikh Saif Al Rashid
APON
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2014

Ziad Al Refai
Ethmar for Islamic Finance
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2009

Cybele Amado de Oliveira
Instituto Chapada de Educação e Pesquisa (ICEP)
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2013

Mhammed Andaloussi
Al Jisr
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2010

Sergio Andrade
Agenda Pública
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2016