Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) was a collaborative advisory group created by former United States President
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...
tasked with creating entrepreneurial growth in America.
PAGE was founded by then United States President Barack Obama in 2014. The prime focus of the group was to increase the business startup culture in the United States.
In 2016,
Theranos CEO
Elizabeth Holmes
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stepped down as one of the ambassadors of the program due to a federal investigation into some of her activities.
Other ambassadors for PAGE include former
AOL CEO
Steve Case
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,
Venture for America
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founder and 2020 Presidential candidate
Andrew Yang
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,
Shark Tank
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investor and founder of
FUBU,
Daymond John, who was appointed to his post in 2015,
Mozilla
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board member
Julie Hanna
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and
Helen Greiner
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(Co-Founder of
iRobot Corporation). Hanna and Greiner were two of the five women who were named ambassadors of PAGE at the time.
In 2018, Inaugural PAGE member and Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group,
Nina Vaca had a day named after her in
Houston, Texas due to her efforts in improving the Hispanic and immigrant community in
Texas
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.
References
External links
About the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship US Department of Commerce.
Obama administration initiatives
Entrepreneurship organizations
Presidency of Barack Obama
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