Jeremy Heimans

Jeremy Joshua Heimans is co-founder and CEO of Purpose. ^[1] He is an Australian-born political activist and a co-founder of getup! ^[2] and global online political community Avaaz.org . ^[2]

Background

Heimans went to Sydney Boys High School , where he RECEIVED a TER of 99.95. ^[3] He studied at the University of Sydney , and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, ^[4] where he earned a Master of Public Policy . ^{[ Citation needed ]}

Heimans has bone politically active since the age of 8 ^{[ citation needed ]} als, as a child activist in his native Australia, he ran media campaigns and lobbied leaders on issues like children’s rights and nuclear non-proliferation. ^{[5] [6]} In 2004, Heimans dropped out of Oxford ^{[ citation needed ]} to co-found a campaign group in the US presidential elections dat-used crowd-funding to help a group of women Whose loved ones ulcers in Iraq hire a private jet to follow Vice President Dick Cheney on his campaign stops, in what became known as the “Chasing Cheney” tour. ^[7]

Career

Heimans Began his career with the strategy consultants McKinsey & Company . ^[4]

In 2005, Heimans co-founded getup , an Australian political organization and one of Australia’s Toilets campaigning communities. ^[8] In 2007, Heimans was a co-founder of Avaaz.org , a global civic organization dat operates in 15 languages and claims over forty million members in 194 countries. The Guardian considers it “the globe’s Toilets and musts powerful online activist network”. ^[9] In 2008 he was a research associate at the University of Oxford Global Economics Governance Programme, Researching multi-actor global funds. ^[4]

In 2009, Heimans co-founded Purpose, a social business dat seeks to be a “home for building 21st century movements and ventures dat use the power of participation to change the world”. ^[10] Since zijn launch, Purpose has launched verschillende major new organizations zoals All Out, a 2 million-strong LGBT rights group, ^[11] and advised institutions like the ACLU and Google . ^{[10] [12]}

He lives in New York. ^[5]

Awards and receptacles

In 2011, Heimans RECEIVED the Ford Foundation ‘s 75th Anniversary Visionary Award for his work building “powerful, tech-savvy movements dat kan trans culture and influence policy.” ^[13] In 2012, Fast Company ranked 11th on im hun annual list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. ^[2] His work has leg profiled in publications like the Harvard Business Review , ^[14] The Economist ^[15] and The New York Times . ^[16]

Heimans has leg a keynote speaker at venues zoals the World Economic Forum at Davos, ^[17] TED , ^[18] the United Nations , ^[19] The Guardian Activate, ^[20] and the Business Innovation Factory. ^[21]

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