Patrick Awuah Jr.

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Patrick Awuah Jr.
File:Patrick Awuah (Ashesi).jpg
Born1965 (age 60–61)
Alma materAchimota School
UC Berkeley,
Swarthmore College
Known forAshesi University
SpouseRebecca Awuah
AwardsJohn P. McNulty Prize[citation needed]
MacArthur Fellowship

Patrick Awuah Jr. (born 1965) is a Ghanaian engineer, educator, and entrepreneur. Awuah established Ashesi University, a private, not-for-profit Ghanaian institution in 2002.[1] He has received awards[2] as an individual and as the founder of Ashesi.[3][4][5][6][7]

Life

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Awuah grew up in Accra, Ghana. He attended the Achimota School[8][9] where he was a house prefect.[citation needed]

He moved to the U.S. in 1985 to attend Swarthmore College with a full scholarship. He earned bachelor's degrees in Engineering and Economics, graduating in 1989. Following graduation, Awuah worked as a software engineer and program manager for Microsoft from 1989 to 1997. At Microsoft, he met his future wife, Rebecca, a software testing engineer.[10]

In 1997, Awuah left Microsoft with the goal of returning to Ghana to educate the next generation of African leaders.[11][12] He enrolled at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, focusing his work on preparing a business plan for Ashesi. Awuah, Nina Marini, and other graduate students from Berkeley went to Ghana to do a feasibility study for opening a private university there. Awuah graduated with his MBA in 1999. That same year, he moved back to Ghana with his family to found Ashesi University.[1][13][14][15] Awuah continues to serve as the president of Ashesi University.[16]

Achievements and awards

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John Kufuor presented Awuah the Order of the Volta Award to recognise his contribution to tertiary education in Ghana in 2007.[3] In 2009, Awuah won the John P. McNulty Prize.[17] In 2010, Awuah was awarded 87th most creative business person by Fast Company.[18] In 2014, he received The Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award, which honours UC Berkeley alumni with distinguished records of service to their native country.[19] In the same year he was named best social entrepreneur by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.[20] In 2015, Awuah was listed by Fortune as number 40 in world's 50 greatest leaders[5] and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.[6] In 2017, Awuah was awarded the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) prize, a major global education award.[7]

See also

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References

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External videos
video icon Education Entrepreneur Patrick Awuah, 2015 MacArthur Fellow, 3:35, MacArthur Foundation[21]
video icon Patrick Awuah: How to educate leaders? Liberal arts, 17:26, TED Talks[15]
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