Ricken patel biography of barack

Canadian-British activist

Ricken Patel (born January 8, 1977) is a Canadian–British^[1] activist. He was from 2005 to 2021 the Founding CEO of Avaaz, an online activist network.^[2]

Patel was voted "Ultimate Gamechanger in Politics" by the Huffington Post,^[3] and listed in the world's top 100 thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine.^[4] He was also named a Young Global Leader^[5] by the World Economic Forum, referred to as "the global leader of online protest" by The Guardian^[2] and listed as one of People Magazine's most eligible bachelors.^[6]

Life

Patel was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a Kenyan-born Indian father of Gujarati origin and an English mother with Jewish heritage.^[2][7]

Patel studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Balliol College, Oxford,^[8] where he helped organize against the 1998 introduction of tuition fees.^{[citation needed]}