Richard Ludlow

Current

• CEO at Academic Earth

Past

• Editor-in-Chief at Yale Economic Review
• President at Students for Organ Donation

Education

• Yale University
• Yale University

Recommended

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Connections

134 connections

Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• My Company

Richard Ludlow’s Summary

Social entrepreneur. Founded a nationally-distributed economics magazine and public health nonprofit in college. Now looking to use the internet to improve the quality of educational opportunities available to people around the globe.

Richard Ludlow’s Experience

• CEO

  Academic Earth

  (E-Learning industry)

  March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

  Global education network, now live at http://academicearth.org

• Editor-in-Chief

  Yale Economic Review

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2005 — May 2007 (2 years 5 months)

  * Founded journal of popular economics to present the most fascinating and important economic news and research to a broad audience.
  * Secured national distribution deal at retail outlets including Barnes and Noble, Borders, B. Dalton, and Walden bookstores.
  * Interviewed authorities including John Nash, Robert Solow, Milton Friedman, Paul Samuelson, Joe Stiglitz, Jeff Sachs, John Thain, and Ben Stein.
  * Attracted submissions of original articles from professors at schools including Harvard, Wharton, Yale, Stanford, and Oxford.
  * Managed team of 50 undergraduate, graduate, and MBA students.

• President

  Students for Organ Donation

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  March 2003 — May 2006 (3 years 3 months)

  * Founded non-profit organization to encourage organ donation awareness and registration among youth in America.
  * Registered 1,000 new organ donors at Yale University in one week.
  * Expanded organization to 120 college and high school chapters nationwide with 3,000 volunteers.
  * Received $100k in funding from organizations including the Goldman Sachs Foundation, Do Something, and the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Richard Ludlow’s Education

• Yale University

  M.A. , International and Development Economics , 2006 — 2007

• Yale University

  B.A. , Economics , 2003 — 2007

Additional Information

Richard Ludlow’s Websites:

• My Company

Richard Ludlow’s Groups:

•    Do Something
•    Yale Economic Review

Richard Ludlow’s Honors:

BusinessWeek, America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs, 2009
BusinessWeek, Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25, 2008
Yale University Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize for Public Service, 2007
McKinsey Summer Leadership Summit, 2006
USA Today All-Academic Team, 2006
Goldman Sachs Global Leader, 2005
Do Something BRICK Award, 2005

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