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In 2004, Kuper was appointed to managing director at Ashoka, an organisation that finances thousands of social entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelligenthq.com/social-business-2/intelligenthq-series-on-social-entrepreneurship-foundations-part-2-2/|publisher=intelligent HQ|first=Paula |last=Newton |title=Foundation: Ashoka: Innovators For The Public|date=9 February 2014|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> Among other roles, he ran the Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, working with [[Muhammad Yunus]] of [[Grameen Bank]] and [[Fazle Hasan Abed|Fazle Abed]] of [[BRAC (NGO)|BRAC]].<ref name=fast>{{cite web|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/1475816/microinsurance-new-microcredit| author = Alice Korngold| title= Microinsurance: The new microcredit | date= 2 December 2009| work=Fast Company| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=mc>{{cite web|url = http://www.financialmail.co.za/features/2013/10/24/leapfrog-investments-raises-second-fund|author = Stefanie Rubin| title= Meet the boss: Interview with Andrew Kuper, president and founder of LeapFrog Investments Ltd.| date= 13 November 2009| publisher=MicroCapital| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref>
In 2004, Kuper was appointed to managing director at Ashoka, an organisation that finances thousands of social entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelligenthq.com/social-business-2/intelligenthq-series-on-social-entrepreneurship-foundations-part-2-2/|publisher=intelligent HQ|first=Paula |last=Newton |title=Foundation: Ashoka: Innovators For The Public|date=9 February 2014|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> Among other roles, he ran the Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, working with [[Muhammad Yunus]] of [[Grameen Bank]] and [[Fazle Hasan Abed|Fazle Abed]] of [[BRAC (NGO)|BRAC]].<ref name=fast>{{cite web|url = http://www.fastcompany.com/1475816/microinsurance-new-microcredit| author = Alice Korngold| title= Microinsurance: The new microcredit | date= 2 December 2009| work=Fast Company| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=mc>{{cite web|url = http://www.financialmail.co.za/features/2013/10/24/leapfrog-investments-raises-second-fund|author = Stefanie Rubin| title= Meet the boss: Interview with Andrew Kuper, president and founder of LeapFrog Investments Ltd.| date= 13 November 2009| publisher=MicroCapital| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref>


In 2007, Kuper founded [[LeapFrog Investments]]. Using a distinctive 'profit with a purpose' approach, LeapFrog invests in companies that provide access to financial services and healthcare to underserved people in [[emerging markets]].<ref name=BBC17/><ref name = sydney/><ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2013/07/11/can-impact-investors-actually-make-money/| author = Devin Thorpe| title= Can Impact Investors Actually Make Money?| date= 11 July 2013| work=Forbes|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=ft>{{cite web|url = http://www.ft.com/fastft/2016/01/21/us-insurer-prudential-financial-makes-african-bet/| title= US insurer Prudential Financial makes African bet| date= 21 January 2016| work=Financial Times| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref> Since its establishment, as chief executive, Kuper has helped attract over $2&nbsp;billion from global investors including [[Temasek Holdings|Temasek]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Chris|date=2021-03-09|title=Temasek commits $500m to impact investing specialist LeapFrog|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c77d10f5-8f09-4ff3-8b48-8f521ea00dec|access-date=2021-06-11|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>, [[American International Group]] Inc. (AIG), [[Swiss Re]] AG, [[AXA]] SA and [[Prudential Financial]].<ref name=bb>{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-31/insurers-drawn-by-african-dawn-for-cover-says-leapfrog| author = Renee Bonorchis| title= Insurers drawn by African dawn for cover, says LeapFrog| date= 31 October 2014| publisher=Bloomberg Business| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/prudential-financial-to-invest-350-million-in-african-insurers-1453469558|title=Prudential Financial to Invest $350&nbsp;Million in African Insurers|work=The Wall Street Journal|first=Simon |last=Clark |date=22 January 2016 |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The companies in which the firm has invested have had an annual growth rate of more than 26% and reach 221&nbsp;million people in 149 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asiainsurancereview.com/News/View-NewsLetter-Article/id/43862/Type/AIRPLUS/An-emerging-markets-story-Reaching-the-next-1bn-by-2030/1/sid/39100|title=An emerging markets story- Reaching the next 1bn by 2030|last=Review|first=Asia Insurance|work=Asia Insurance Review|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2007, Kuper founded [[LeapFrog Investments]]. Using a distinctive 'profit with a purpose' approach, LeapFrog invests in companies that provide access to financial services and healthcare to underserved people in [[emerging markets]].<ref name=BBC17/><ref name = sydney/><ref name=forbes>{{cite web|url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2013/07/11/can-impact-investors-actually-make-money/| author = Devin Thorpe| title= Can Impact Investors Actually Make Money?| date= 11 July 2013| work=Forbes|accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=ft>{{cite web|url = http://www.ft.com/fastft/2016/01/21/us-insurer-prudential-financial-makes-african-bet/| title= US insurer Prudential Financial makes African bet| date= 21 January 2016| work=Financial Times| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref> Since its establishment, as chief executive, Kuper has helped attract over $2 billion from global investors including [[Temasek Holdings|Temasek]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Chris|date=2021-03-09|title=Temasek commits $500m to impact investing specialist LeapFrog|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c77d10f5-8f09-4ff3-8b48-8f521ea00dec|access-date=2021-06-11|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}</ref>, [[American International Group]] Inc. (AIG), [[Swiss Re]] AG, [[AXA]] SA and [[Prudential Financial]].<ref name=bb>{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-31/insurers-drawn-by-african-dawn-for-cover-says-leapfrog| author = Renee Bonorchis| title= Insurers drawn by African dawn for cover, says LeapFrog| date= 31 October 2014| publisher=Bloomberg Business| accessdate= 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/prudential-financial-to-invest-350-million-in-african-insurers-1453469558|title=Prudential Financial to Invest $350&nbsp;Million in African Insurers|work=The Wall Street Journal|first=Simon |last=Clark |date=22 January 2016 |accessdate=27 April 2016}}</ref> The companies in which the firm has invested have had an annual growth rate of more than 26% and reach 221&nbsp;million people in 149 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asiainsurancereview.com/News/View-NewsLetter-Article/id/43862/Type/AIRPLUS/An-emerging-markets-story-Reaching-the-next-1bn-by-2030/1/sid/39100|title=An emerging markets story- Reaching the next 1bn by 2030|last=Review|first=Asia Insurance|work=Asia Insurance Review|access-date=2018-08-29|language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2018, Kuper was awarded the John S. Bickley Founders Award Gold Medal for Excellence by the International Insurance Society recognised for his pioneering work in profit with purpose investment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internationalinsurance.org/node/68|title=Andrew Kuper Named the 2018 Founder's Award Recipient {{!}} International Insurance Society|website=www.internationalinsurance.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref>
In 2018, Kuper was awarded the John S. Bickley Founders Award Gold Medal for Excellence by the International Insurance Society recognised for his pioneering work in profit with purpose investment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.internationalinsurance.org/node/68|title=Andrew Kuper Named the 2018 Founder's Award Recipient {{!}} International Insurance Society|website=www.internationalinsurance.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref>

Revision as of 05:15, 11 June 2021

Andrew Kuper
Born
South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Alma materHarvard University
Witwatersrand University
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, businessman, investor and author
Known forCEO, founder, LeapFrog Investments[1]

Andrew Kuper is a South African serial entrepreneur and investor in emerging markets.[2] He is the founder and CEO of LeapFrog Investments, a specialist investor in emerging markets, investing in financial services and healthcare.[3] Former United States President Bill Clinton announced the launch of the company at the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, recognising it for opening new frontiers in alternative investing.[4] In 2017, Fortune ranked LeapFrog Investments as one of the top 5 Companies to Change the World, alongside Apple and Novartis.[5] He resides in Sydney, Australia.[6]

Career

Kuper was born in South Africa and brought up on a farm outside of Johannesburg. He is the son of anti-apartheid campaigners.[7] He began investing at the age of 10 and took on his first clients at age 13.[8] He attended the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.[9] He later graduated from Cambridge University with a PhD in social science and political science supervised by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.[2][10]

In 2004, Kuper was appointed to managing director at Ashoka, an organisation that finances thousands of social entrepreneurs.[11] Among other roles, he ran the Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, working with Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank and Fazle Abed of BRAC.[12][13]

In 2007, Kuper founded LeapFrog Investments. Using a distinctive 'profit with a purpose' approach, LeapFrog invests in companies that provide access to financial services and healthcare to underserved people in emerging markets.[7][2][14][15] Since its establishment, as chief executive, Kuper has helped attract over $2 billion from global investors including Temasek[16], American International Group Inc. (AIG), Swiss Re AG, AXA SA and Prudential Financial.[17][18] The companies in which the firm has invested have had an annual growth rate of more than 26% and reach 221 million people in 149 countries.[19]

In 2018, Kuper was awarded the John S. Bickley Founders Award Gold Medal for Excellence by the International Insurance Society recognised for his pioneering work in profit with purpose investment.[20]

Earlier in his career, Kuper received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[21] He was also named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum,[22] and received the Young Presidents' Organization's Social Engagement Network Award. Kuper has delivered keynote addresses to the Clinton Global Initiative, Geneva Association CEO Meetings, the IFC/Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) summits, and the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year event.[14] He is a board member of EMPEA.[23]

Kuper is the editor of one book on governance and globalisation, Global Responsibilities (Routledge, 2005) and the author of another, Democracy Beyond Borders (Oxford, 2004).

Bibliography

  • Kuper, A. (2004). Democracy beyond borders: Justice and representation in global institutions. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kuper, A. (2005). Global responsibilities: Who must deliver on human rights? New York: Routledge.

References

  1. ^ Anna Lyudig (25 July 2013). "Taking a leap". AfricaAM Asset Management. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Max Mason (1 September 2012). "Raising capital, improving prospects". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ Jessica Pothering (30 December 2014). "This investment firm is insuring families' rise out of poverty". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ^ "President Clinton spotlights LeapFrog, first microinsurance firm". Insurance Journal. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  5. ^ "How These 50 Innovative Companies Are Changing the World for Good". Fortune. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ Sally Rose (24 January 2016). "LeapFrog Investments snags $500m from Prudential for fintech in Africa". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b Will Smale (23 January 2017). "Why Bill Clinton helped a 33-year-old build a $1bn firm". CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  8. ^ Mason, Max (31 August 2012). "Raising capital, improving prospects". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  9. ^ Sally Rose (9 September 2014). "LeapFrog closes second fund at $432m". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Leapfrog Investments raises second fund". Financial Mail. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  11. ^ Newton, Paula (9 February 2014). "Foundation: Ashoka: Innovators For The Public". intelligent HQ. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  12. ^ Alice Korngold (2 December 2009). "Microinsurance: The new microcredit". Fast Company. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  13. ^ Stefanie Rubin (13 November 2009). "Meet the boss: Interview with Andrew Kuper, president and founder of LeapFrog Investments Ltd". MicroCapital. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  14. ^ a b Devin Thorpe (11 July 2013). "Can Impact Investors Actually Make Money?". Forbes. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  15. ^ "US insurer Prudential Financial makes African bet". Financial Times. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  16. ^ Flood, Chris (9 March 2021). "Temasek commits $500m to impact investing specialist LeapFrog". www.ft.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  17. ^ Renee Bonorchis (31 October 2014). "Insurers drawn by African dawn for cover, says LeapFrog". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  18. ^ Clark, Simon (22 January 2016). "Prudential Financial to Invest $350 Million in African Insurers". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  19. ^ Review, Asia Insurance. "An emerging markets story- Reaching the next 1bn by 2030". Asia Insurance Review. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  20. ^ "Andrew Kuper Named the 2018 Founder's Award Recipient | International Insurance Society". www.internationalinsurance.org. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  21. ^ Lorna Brett (16 May 2015). "Entrepreneur of the year nominees revealed". Dynamic Business. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  22. ^ Imaralu, Douglas (13 March 2013). "World Economic Forum Lists 21 Africans Amongst Young Global Leaders 2013". Ventures Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  23. ^ "Board of Directors - EMPEA". EMPEA. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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