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Jeremy Heimans is an Australian entrepreneur and political activist.
Jeremy Heimans | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and political activist |
Jeremy Heimans is an Australian entrepreneur and political activist.
Heimans attended Sydney Boys High School. He studied at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded the University Medal in Government, [1] and the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. [2]
Heimans, 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, Heimans dropped out of Oxford[ citation needed ] 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 began his career with the strategy consultants McKinsey & Company. [2]
In 2005, Heimans co-founded GetUp, an Australian political organization. [6] [7] In 2007, Heimans 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. In 2003 he was a research associate at the University of Oxford Global Economics Governance Programme, researching multi-actor global funds. [2]
In 2009, Heimans co-founded Purpose, a social impact agency. [8] Purpose has advised institutions like the ACLU, Google, and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. [9] [10] On 12 February 2020 Capgemini announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Purpose. [11] Purpose joined Capgemini as an independently run Public Benefit Corporation. [12]
In 2010, Heimans co-founded All Out with Andre Banks, serving on the board until 2017. He is currently an Emeritus Board member. [13]
Heimans co-wrote the national bestseller New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World - and How to Make It Work for You with Henry Timms, published by Penguin Random House in 2018. New Power has been praised by writers and public figures, including Richard Branson, David Brooks, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, Susan Cain, Jane Goodall, Alicia Garza, Russell Brand, Reid Hoffman, Ai-jen Poo, Adam Grant, Craig Newmark, Paul Polman, Howard Dean, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and more. [14] David Brooks wrote a feature about New Power in the New York Times, where he described the book as "the best window I've seen into this new world". [15] The Guardian has described New Power as "a manual on how to navigate the 21st century". [16] Stanford Social Innovation Review described New Power as the "road map to a new world". [17] It was also shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
Heimans lives in New York. [3]
In 2011, Heimans received the Ford Foundation's 75th Anniversary Visionary Award for his work building "powerful, tech-savvy movements that can transform culture and influence policy". [18] In 2012, Fast Company ranked him 11th on their annual list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. [7]
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