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.

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

Martín Andrade
Fundación Mi Parque
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2012

Sergio Andrade
Agenda Pública
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2016

Rama Anumula
Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER)
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2009

A. T. Ariyaratne
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2014

Vinya Ariyaratne
Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2014

Shobha Arole
Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP)
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2001

Daniel Asare-Kyei
Esoko
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2020

Celso Athayde
CUFA Favela Holding
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2022

Rick Aubry
New Foundry Ventures
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2002

José Ignacio Avalos Hernández
Un Kilo de Ayuda
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2004

Khushboo Awasthi Kumari
Punjab Education Collective
- Collective Social Innovation
- 2023

Patrick Gyimah Awuah Jr
Ashesi University College
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2014