Edmund Hillary Fellowship Explained

The Edmund Hillary Fellowship is a Fellowship programme for entrepreneurs, investors and startup teams in New Zealand.^[1] The idea behind the Fellowship was to bring foreign entrepreneurs and investors to New Zealand to incubate new businesses.^[2] The Immigration New Zealand partnered with the Edmund Hillary Fellowship to deliver the Global Impact Visa to 400 international applications over four years.^[3] It was setup in 2016 and has 532 fellows (400 international and 132 kiwis) as of March 2022.^[4]

Yoseph Ayele is one of the co-founders of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and was the first CEO as well.^[5]

Fellows of this Fellowship include Naval Ravikant,^[6] Deepa Malik,^[7] Amitabh Kant,^[8] and Queenie Chong.^[9]

References

1. Web site: Global Impact Visa (GIV) | The Edmund Hillary Fellowship. nzmigrationhelp.com. 2022-02-25.
2. Web site: New Edmund Hillary Fellowship for entrepreneurs strengthens NZ start-up scene. 31 January 2017.
3. Web site: Edmund Hillary Fellowship to help deliver new Global Impact Visa . 2022-03-12 . The Beehive . en.
4. Web site: October 26, 2021 . Hillary Institute And Edmund Hillary Fellowship Announce New Chair . 2022-03-12 . www.scoop.co.nz.
5. Web site: Seeds: Yoseph Ayele on the Edmund Hillary Fellowship.
6. Web site: Top 10 angel Investors to watch in 2021. 16 April 2021.
7. Web site: Paralympics medallist Deepa Malik bags New Zealand PM's Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship . 2022-03-12 . Scroll.in . en-US.
8. Web site: 2019-04-11 . Paralympian Deepa Malik named for New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship . 2022-03-12 . Hindustan Times . en.
9. Web site: 2023-11-11 . PressReader.