- Founded
- 1980
- Employees
- 750
Founded by Bill Drayton, Matthias Scheffelmeier, Valeria Budinich in 1980.
About Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs, individuals with new ideas to systemically address the world’s biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to transform those ideas into national, regional, and global social impact. Over 40 years, Ashoka has supported nearly 4,000 social entrepreneurs in more than 90 countries with solutions addressing society’s most pressing issues. Ashoka’s vision is a world in which Everyone is a Changemaker, a society that responds quickly and effectively to challenges, and where everyone has the freedom, confidence, and societal support to address any social problem. A core part of this work is ensuring that young people...