Hult Prize Winners
Each of these amazing teams stood out amongst thousands of their peers to be named Hult Prize Winners. Their work is a testament to the power of young entrepreneurs to make the world a better place. We are so proud of them and cannot wait to see the impact they continue to make in the world.
2024 Hult Prize Winner: Korion Health
University of Pittsburgh & University of Maryland, United States Korion Health is creating a home health monitoring kit that puts healthcare in the palm of a patient’s hand, regardless of cost, disability, or distance. Korion’s flagship product is an electronic stethoscope, the SoundHeart system, that enables patients to collect their own heart and lung sounds. The handheld device and its companion app helps patients find the correct placement of the stethoscope for accurate results. Patients can use the stethoscope at their convenience and send the recordings to their physician for analysis. Up to 80% of deaths from heart disease are preventable with early intervention and screening. While modern telemedicine has increased patients’ ability to consult with healthcare professionals, current solutions for performing remote screenings are costly and lack a stethoscope. By partnering with existing telemedicine companies to bring the cardiopulmonary exam into patients’ homes, Korion Health is revolutionizing virtual care. Korion’s mission makes these life-saving screenings as accessible and affordable as possible while empowering patients to better understand and monitor their health from the comfort of their own homes.
Maisie Williams & Hult Prize CEO Lori van Dam
2023 Hult Prize Winner: Banofi Leather
Yale University, United States Banofi Leather takes banana crop waste and converts it into plant-based leather that is vegan, sustainable and cruelty-free. They are a B2B social enterprise focused on supplying global fashion houses with leather alternatives that result in tremendous climate impacts. Compared to animal leather, our patent-pending process reduces water usage by 95%, carbon emissions by 90%, and completely eliminates toxic waste. Local farmers typically burn or dump banana crop waste. Sourcing our inputs boosts their household income by 30%. Banofi materials are PETA Vegan-certified and meet non-toxic industry standards: REACH (EU) and CAL PROP (California). With over 30 brands actively sampling and buying their material, Banofi is ripe to propel sustainable materials in the fashion industry.
Stella McCartney & Hult Prize CEO Lori van Dam
2022 Hult Prize Winner: EcoBana
St. Paul's University, Kenya Social enterprise that is getting people back to work, with an aim to stop plastic manufacturing in sanitary towels and to manufacture biodegradable sanitary pads to end period poverty Using the concept of green and circular economy to manufacture biodegradable sanitary pads using banana fibers, to stop plastic manufacturing in sanitary towels and to embrace organic and natural solutions through capacity building and Sanitary pads manufacturing.
Winning team EcoBana
Secretary Martin J. Walsh & Hult Prize CEO Lori van Dam
2021 Hult Prize Winners
In 2021, Hult Prize challenged students to rethink our broken food systems by transforming food into a vehicle for change. Each of the seven teams below were selected as 2021 Hult Prize Winners.
Chilk
Ecospire
Motherbud
Propel Foods
ReMango
SiembraCo
UpRoot
Previous Winners
Meet the teams who have won the Hult Prize over the past decade.
2020: Hult Prize Winners
2019: Rutopia
2018: Rice Inc.
2017: Roshni Rides
2015: IMPCT
2014: Nano Health
2013: Aspire Food Group
2012: SolarAid [SunnyMoney]
2011: m.Paani
2010: One Laptop Per Child