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Ahmad Ashkar (Arabian: Ahmad Ashqar; born Ahmad Adnan Al Askar, 16 October 1982) is a Palestinian-American businessman, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker related to social entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture capital. Through his twenty years of experience in the sector, he is a pioneer and promoter of open innovation platforms, not only within the business sector, but also in universities, governments and philanthropic institutions around the world. He is also the founder and CEO of the Hult Prize Foundation, an NGO and social entrepreneurship platform financed by the Hult family that, in association with the United Nations, rewards university startups based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

2019 Hult Prize Foundation Global Finals and Awards Gala at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

In addition to his role as founding CEO of the Hult Prize Foundation, he served as an advisory board member of the United Nations Development Programe and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Expert Network of the World Economic Forum and on the non-profit boards of the American Near East Refugee Aid Organization (ANERA) and the Georgetown Business Improvement District.[1]​[2]​[3]​

He has authored six-challenges for youth on global entrepreneurship including Crowded Urban Challenge 2016,[4]​[5]​ Reawakening Human Potential 2017,[6]​[7]​ Harnessing the Power of Energy to Transform Lives 2018,[8]​[9]​ Laudato Si Startup Challenge 2017: Care for Our Common Home,[10]​ The Global Youth Challenge: For us by Us 2019,[11]​[12]​ Bold Business for a Better Planet 2020.[13]​[14]​[15]​

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Ahmad Ashkar is Palestinian-born and after living around the Middle East, his family moved to Kansas City in 1989 when he was eight years old. In high school, Ashkar was an All-American Football player at Immaculata Prep High School.  In 1999, he was named the Kansas 3A State football player of the year and participated in the Shrine Bowl that same year. He went on to sign to play football at the University of Nebraska, before transferring to East Tennessee State University in 2001. Ashkar finished his athletic college career at Avila University where he was a NAIA All-American.

As a teenager he visited family friends in Washington DC each summer lining up internships. His professional career began in investment banking with a French investment bank and then transitioned into Islamic Banking where he was the co-founder of the first US Islamic Bank initiative.

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  1. ↑ «Ahmad A. Ashkar». World Economic Forum (en inglés). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  2. ↑ «New members join Anera Board of Directors». Anera (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  3. ↑ «About Us | Georgetown DC - Explore Georgetown in Washington, DC». Georgetown DC. Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  4. ↑ «Hult Prize 2016 winners set to double income of urban slum dwellers Hult Blog». Hult Blog (en inglés estadounidense). 5 de octubre de 2016. Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  5. ↑ «Hult Prize Competition Comes to Harvard University». scholar.harvard.edu (en inglés). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  6. ↑ «McCourt Students Advance in Hult Prize Competition». McCourt School of Public Policy (en inglés estadounidense). 15 de marzo de 2016. Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  7. ↑ «2017 Hult Prize: Reawakening Human Potential». HKS Citizen (en inglés estadounidense). 8 de noviembre de 2016. Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  8. ↑ Thomas, Aby Sam (16 de mayo de 2018). «Impacting The Future: Ahmad Ashkar, Founder And CEO, Hult Prize Foundation». Entrepreneur (en inglés). Consultado el 5 de agosto de 2020. 
  9. ↑ «Ahmad Ashkar». Innovation Station (en inglés). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  10. ↑ «Laudato Si Startup Challenge Archivos». TecReview. Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  11. ↑ «Erika Karp of Cornerstone Capital Group Selected as a Judge for the United Nations 10th Annual Hult Prize». finance.yahoo.com (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  12. ↑ Staff, Unikorn (10 de septiembre de 2019). «Hult Prize Foundation to Award $1,000,000 to One of Six Youth Startups Pitching at the United Nations this Saturday». UNIKORN (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  13. ↑ Primo, Valentina (12 de junio de 2019). «Laudato Sì Challenge Just Announced its 3rd Edition - and Applications are Open». Startups Without Borders (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  14. ↑ Foundation, Hult Prize (10 de junio de 2020). «Hult Prize Foundation Announces Class of 2020 Finalists». UNIKORN (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
  15. ↑ «ITB Advances to Regional Summit of 11th Annual Hult Prize in response to the United Nations Empowering the Earth: Bold Business for a Better Planet – SBM ITB» (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 6 de agosto de 2020. 
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