Andrew Kuper is a South African-Australian serial entrepreneur and investor in emerging markets.
11 Facts About Andrew Kuper
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Andrew Kuper is the founder and CEO of LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in emerging markets, investing in financial services and healthcare.
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Andrew Kuper was born in South Africa and brought up on a farm outside of Johannesburg.
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Andrew Kuper began investing at the age of 10 and took on his first clients at age 13.
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Andrew Kuper later graduated from Cambridge University with a PhD in social science and political science supervised by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
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In 2004, Andrew Kuper was appointed to managing director at Ashoka, an organisation that finances thousands of social entrepreneurs.
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Since its establishment, as chief executive, Andrew Kuper has helped attract over $2 billion from global investors including Temasek, American International Group Inc, Swiss Re AG, AXA SA and Prudential Financial.
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In 2018, Kuper was awarded the John S Bickley Founders Award Gold Medal for Excellence by the International Insurance Society recognised for his pioneering work in profit with purpose investment.
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Andrew Kuper was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and received the Young Presidents' Organization's Social Engagement Network Award.
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In 2022, Andrew Kuper was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to the impact investing industry, to global business leadership, and to financial inclusion".
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Andrew Kuper is the editor and lead author of one book on governance and globalisation, Global Responsibilities and the author of another, Democracy Beyond Borders.