Patrick Awuah Jr.

Patrick Awuah Jr. (born 1965) is a Ghanaian

engineer, educator, and entrepreneur. Awuah Patrick Awuah Jr.
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
Awuah grew up in Accra, Ghana. He attended the
Achimota School[8][9] where he was a house prefect.

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 Born 1965
wife, Rebecca, a software testing engineer.[10] Nationality Ghana
Alma mater Achimota School
In 1997, Awuah left Microsoft with the goal of
UC Berkeley,
returning to Ghana to educate the next generation of
Swarthmore College
African leaders.[11][12] He enrolled at the Haas School
of Business at UC Berkeley, focusing his work on Known for Ashesi University
preparing a business plan for Ashesi. Awuah, Nina Spouse Rebecca Awuah
Marini, and other graduate students from Berkeley Awards John P. McNulty Prize
went to Ghana to do a feasibility study for opening a MacArthur Fellowship
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

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
List of Ghanaians- Academia and educators

References
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External links
Fellow Profile: Patrick Awuah (http://agln.aspeninstitute.org/fellows/patrick-awuah), Aspen
Global Leadership Network

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