Yale Sophomore Named Goldman Sachs World Leader

Published: May 18, 2005

New Haven, Conn. — Yale College sophomore Richard Ludlow was recently selected as one of 20 undergraduates from the United States and Canada to be honored as a Goldman Sachs Global Leader.

Ludlow joins 100 new Global Leaders worldwide being honored for academic excellence and leadership achievements by The Goldman Sachs Foundation and its partner organization, the Institute of International Education.

“Global Leaders are extremely talented academically and have already shown proven leadership abilities and a strong interest in global affairs,” said Stephanie Bell–Rose, president of The Goldman Sachs Foundation.

A double major in economics and international studies, Ludlow serves as the managing editor of the Yale Economic Review. In his freshman year, he founded and currently serves as president of Students for Organ Donation, a nonprofit organization promoting organ donation awareness, which now has over 50 chapters on college campuses in the U.S. and Canada. A former All–State debater, he helped found and now serves as webmaster for Yale’s Urban Debate Initiative for high school students in New Haven. Ludlow serves as executive director of operations for Orphans Against AIDS, which provides academic scholarships and support to children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in South Africa, China and Thailand. As an Eagle Scout, he volunteered last summer in an impoverished town in Honduras, and he is a mentor for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. He plans to earn a JD and MBA, and pursue a career in public service.

Each Global Leader receives a $3,000 grant for educational expenses. In addition, 50 of this year’s 100 Global Leaders will participate in the annual Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Institute, where they will spend time with leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors learning about leadership and global issues.

Five hundred students from around the world have been honored as Goldman Sachs Global Leaders since the program began in 2001. They have built an extensive network with one another and, with seed funding from the program’s Social Entrepreneurship Fund, have joined forces to launch innovative social ventures, including a school in rural India, a technology education program in China, an art therapy program for AIDS–affected children in Namibia, an enterprise initiative for Macedonian women, a malaria prevention campaign in Nigeria, a recycling program in Albania and a food program for children in Sri Lanka.

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