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ACCLAD Honorees

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Class of 2025

Most Recent Class  ·  4 Honorees Shown

Governance 130M+ Citizens served as Head of State
Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum
President, United Mexican States
🌎 Mexico
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Health & Medicine 194 Member states under his global health leadership
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization
🌍 Ethiopia
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Technology Nobel 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry — AlphaFold
Sir Demis Hassabis
Co-Founder & CEO, Google DeepMind
🌍 United Kingdom
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Climate 27+ Years driving EU climate and energy reform
Teresa Ribera
Executive VP for Clean Transition — European Commission
🌍 Spain
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Class of 2024

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Education 500M+ Learners reached through open-access education advocacy
Malala Yousafzai
Co-Founder, Malala Fund
🌍 Pakistan
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Business $1.6T Market cap built under her financial leadership
Jane Fraser
CEO, Citigroup
🌍 United Kingdom
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Arts & Culture 3B+ Streams — redefining global pop and cultural identity
Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist, Cultural Diplomat & UNESCO Peace Artist
🌏 United States / France
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Sport 23 Grand Slam titles — the most in tennis history
Novak Djokovic
Professional Tennis Player & Philanthropist
🌍 Serbia
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