Iqbal Z. Quadir, Founder and Director

Welcome to the Legatum Center website, where you can learn more about how our Center is promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in low-income countries. Established in 2007 with a generous $50 million gift from Legatum, a global investment firm, our Center runs a competitive Fellowship program to prepare MIT students to create enterprises in developing countries. Our current and future Fellows seek to implement for-profit businesses that empower ordinary citizens and virally spread prosperity and development.

 

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