Our global community
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship recognises that there are various vehicles for driving and championing social innovation: politics and government, markets, academia as well as social enterprises.
We believe social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs are key to tackling global challenges and improving the state of the world.
Our goal is to highlight and expand leading models of social innovation. Search the entire Schwab Foundation network of social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs by award category, year awarded, sector, or region of impact below.
Paul Rice
Fair Trade USA
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2001
Paolo Richter
Velafrica
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2009
Sue Riddlestone
BioRegional Development Group
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2011
Keller Rinaudo
Zipline International Inc.
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2017
David Risher
Lyft
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2016
Tião Rocha
Centro Popular de Cultura e Desenvolvimento (CPCD)
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2007
Sally Roever
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)
- Collective Social Innovation
- 2023
Marcos Rosa
MapBiomas
- Collective Social Innovation
- 2023
Fabio Rosa
Institute for the Development of Natural Energy and Sustainability (IDEAAS)
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2001
Zack Rosenburg
SBP
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2018
Robert Roth
Job Factory
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2005
Linda Rottenberg
Endeavor Global, Inc.
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2001
Marco Roveda
LifeGate Group
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2007
Sanjit (Bunker) Roy
Barefoot College
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2002
Sanduk Ruit
Nepal Eye Program, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology
- Social Entrepreneur
- 2014