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 has been politically active since the age of 8 when, 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.[3][4] In 2004, Jeremy dropped out of Oxford to co-found a campaign group in the U.S. presidential elections that used crowd-funding to help a group of women whose loved ones were 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.[5]

Heimans attended Sydney Boys High School, where he received a TER of 99.95; the University of Sydney, and Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Public Policy.[6][7]

Career

In 2005, Jeremy co-founded GetUp, an Australian political organization and one of Australia's largest campaigning communities.[8] In 2007, Jeremy was a co-founder of Avaaz.org, a global civic organization that operates in 15 languages and claims over forty million members in 194 countries. The Guardian considers it "the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network".[9]

In 2009, Jeremy co-founded Purpose, a social business that seeks to be a "home for building 21st century movements and ventures that use the power of participation to change the world".[10] Since its launch, Purpose has launched several major new organizations including All Out, a 2 million-strong LGBT rights group,[11] and advised institutions like the ACLU and Google.[10][12]

Jeremy began his career with the strategy consultants McKinsey & Company and he has degrees from Harvard University and the University of Sydney. He lives in New York.

Awards and honors

In 2011, Jeremy received the Ford Foundation's 75th Anniversary Visionary Award for his work building "powerful, tech-savvy movements that can transform culture and influence policy."[13] In 2012, Fast Company ranked him 11th on their annual list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business.[2] His work has been profiled in publications like Harvard Business Review,[14] The Economist[15] and The New York Times.[16]

Jeremy has been a keynote speaker at venues such as the World Economic Forum at Davos,[17] TED,[18] the United Nations,[19] The Guardian Activate,[20] and the Business Innovation Factory.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Kanani, Rahim (13 December 2011). "Jeremy Heimans of Purpose.com on Mobilizing Millions for Change". Forbes. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Arndt, Rachel (2012). "Most Creative People 2012: Jeremy Heimans". Fast Company. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  3. ↑ Adcock, Bronwyn (6 May 2013). "The artist and the digital activist". Australia Unlimited. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  4. ↑ Tarrant, Deborah (March 2014). "Agent for Change". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  5. ↑ "Capital and Labor want some respect". Theage.com.au. 1 August 2005. Retrieved 2015-04-08. Heimans, 27
  6. ↑ Wheeler, Caitlin (10 October 2015). "The class of 1995: HSC high achievers 20 years on". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  7. ↑ Template:Citew web
  8. ↑ "GetUp! - About GetUp!". GetUp! Action for Australia. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  9. ↑ Ed Pilkington (2 March 2012). "Avaaz faces questions over role at centre of Syrian protest movement". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  10. 1 2 "Jeremy Heimans: Unlocking People Power: Human Rights and Movement-Building in the 21st Century – Duke University School of Law". Duke.edu. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  11. ↑ "About – All Out". All Out. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  12. ↑ "Purpose". Purpose. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  13. ↑ Darren Walker. "Visionaries Awards". The Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  14. ↑ "Understanding "New Power"". Harvard Business Review. December 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  15. ↑ "The business of campaigning: Profit with Purpose". The Economist. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  16. ↑ "Support and a Smile for Same Sex Marriage". The New York Times. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  17. ↑ "What new power is... and three things it is not – Agenda – The World Economic Forum". Agenda – The World Economic Forum. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  18. ↑ Heimans, Jeremy (June 2014). "Jeremy Heimans: What new power looks like". TEDSalon Berlin 2014. TED.com.
  19. ↑ "United Nations Foundation -What will people power change next?". United Nations Foundation. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  20. ↑ "Activate London 2011: Speaker Interview Jeremy Heimans". TheGuardian.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  21. ↑ "Jeremy Heimans". BusinessInnovationFactory.com. Retrieved 2015-04-08.

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