Bill Drayton
Drayton entered Balliol College,Oxford and received an MA 1967, after which he went to Yale Law School where he received his JD in 1970. Drayton became a manager and management consultant, working for McKinsey and Company as a consultant for almost ten years. Drayton has received many awards and acknowledgments for his achievements. Born in 1943 in New York City, U.S.William Bill Drayton is a social entrepreneur. Public service and strong values run through the history of both parents families - including several of the earliest anti-slavery abolitionist and women s leaders in the U.S.
Drayton was born in 1943 in New York City. Drayton attended high school at Andover and went on to Harvard where received his BA in 1965. Drayton also chairs the Community Greens and Get America Working! organizations. Drayton s mother emigrated to the US from Australia.
Drayton was named by US News & World Report as one of America s 25 Best Leaders in 2005. Drayton is the founder and current Chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and fostering social entrepreneurs worldwide. He was elected one of the early MacArthur Fellows for his work, including the founding of Ashoka. .
His father was an American who became an explorer.
