Marc Kielburger, co-founder of the ME to WE social enterprise, is a New York Times bestselling author and an educator who has helped empower youth around the world. As a Harvard graduate, he also earned a Rhodes Scholarship to study law at Oxford University and focused on human rights. In his spare time, he started selling socially conscious goods and donating half of the profits to the WE Charity. In 2008, he founded the We Day, an international youth empowerment festival that attracts over 200,000 participants.

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Together with his brother, Marc Kielburger created the WE Movement, an umbrella organization whose goal is to eliminate child labor and poverty in developing countries. The WE Day event is held annually in large stadiums across North America. It all started when Marc Kielburger came across a news story about child labor in Pakistan. He decided to make a difference by creating a charity, Free the Children, which later became We Charity. Currently, the WE Movement is one of the most successful social enterprises in the world.

Alongside the WE Charity, Kielburger has founded several other organizations that work to empower underprivileged children. The WE Movement hosts a massive WE Day event each year, where young people from all walks of life come together and work to create positive change in the world. Through his organization, Marc Kielburger has been instrumental in uniting thousands of people around the world to change the world for the better. Despite his young age, he has already accomplished a great deal and continues to empower scores of young people around the world.