Andrew Leon Hanna
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Andrew Leon Hanna | |
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 Andrew Leon Hanna at The National Gallery, London, UK | |
| Born | Jacksonville, FL, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard Law School (JD) Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA) Duke University (BA) |
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| Website | andrewleonhanna |
Andrew Leon Hanna (born 1991) is an American lawyer, entrepreneur, author, and international human rights advocate.[1] The son of immigrants from Egypt, Hanna was awarded the 2018 Financial Times and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize for 25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs.[2][3][4][5] The book, published by Cambridge University Press, tells the stories of three Syrian women entrepreneurs in the Za'atari refugee camp and of refugee entrepreneurs around the world.[6][7][8][9][10]
Hanna earned his MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was faculty-selected as one of five Siebel Scholars in his class on the basis of academics and leadership, was named an Arjay Miller Scholar for graduating in the top 10% of his class, and was a Stanford Knight-Hennessy Scholar.[11][12]
Hanna received a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, where he was a Harvard Defenders student attorney, Harvard Law Review editor, Harvard African Law Association board member, and recipient of the Oberman Prize for Law and Social Change.[2]
He received a bachelor's degree with honors with highest distinction in public policy from Duke University, where he was senior class president, a Robertson Scholar, a Chapel Scholar, and recipient of the Terry Sanford Leadership Award.[13]
