As the co-founder of Free The Children, speaker Marc Kielburger empowers the youth to reach their fullest potential.
Free The Children provides innovative programming to hundreds of thousands of young people in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. It is the world’s biggest network of children helping children through education: the organization has worked in 45 countries and built more than 650 schools and school rooms in developing regions, providing education to more than 55,000 children every day.
Together with his brother Craig, they yearly organize We Day, the charity’s signature event, which reaches 90,000 students from 3,000 schools in person and more than 5.4 million through broadcasts. With over two million followers on Facebook, it is one of the largest charitable causes in the world.
With a proven track record of success, Free The Children built successful partnerships with top school boards and leading corporations, including Oprah’s Angel Network, KPMG, and Research In Motion.
Moreover, speaker Marc Kielburger is also the co-founder and co-CEO of Me to We, an innovative social enterprise. From socially conscious and environmentally friendly clothes to life-changing leadership programs and materials, Me to We equips people with better options for a better world.
As a speaker, Marc Kielburger shared the stage with many influential people, including the Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Desmond Tutu, and Sir Richard Branson.
Marc has written seven books and is a New York Times bestselling author. With his brother, he also writes Global Voices, a weekly column syndicated in the Vancouver Sun, The Huffington Post, and more.
At Harvard University, Marc graduated with a magna cum laude degree in international relations. Following this, he won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship and proceeded to complete a law degree at Oxford University.
For his work in the field of culture and human rights, Marc has received eleven honorary doctorates and degrees. He is also the recipient of many honors, including the Order of Canada. Moreover, the World Economic Forum selected him as one of 250 Young Global Leaders. His work often appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, BBC, CNN, and several other news and print media.