Craig Kielburger

Craig Kielburger was born in Thornhill, Ontario in 1982. He is the founder of the WE Movement, which is a family of charities empowering people to help their local communities and to make a difference around the world. Kielburger received his undergraduate degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto. He then went on to become the youngest person to graduate from the dual-school MBA program of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and New York University's Schulich School of Business, completing it with honors. Craig Kielburger has received several awards for his work, including the Nelson Mandela Freedom Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the World Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child. Kielburger became passionate about saving children from child labor when he was only 12 years old. Inspired by the story of a young advocate his age in Pakistan who protested against child labor in the country's carpet mills, Kielb