Le Dong Hai Nguyen
Founder & Chair
Le Dong Hai Nguyen
Founder & Chair
Le Dong Hai Nguyen is a Vietnamese economist, social activist, and the Founder and Chairman of the Global Association of Economics Education (GAEE). He was the first Vietnamese and the first person under 18 years of age to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Hai developed a strong passion for economics during his high school years and has worked tirelessly to make economic literacy more accessible to students in the Global South. He played a key role in GAEE’s expansion from a regional collective of economics clubs into a global NGO that spans ten countries, and was once dubbed “the teenage democratizer of economics education” by Yahoo. He was named one of the 36 Young Economist of the Year honorees by the Royal Economic Society in 2019, and is a nominee for Vietnam’s WeChoice Award in 2023.
Hai earned a bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude) in international economics and is pursuing a master’s degree in global business, both from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He has spoken at the UN General Assembly and TEDx, among others.
He is transitioning into a non-executive capacity as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Connect with Hai on LinkedIn.
*also known as DoHa Nguyen, L. D. Hai Nguyen, and Hai L. Nguyen.
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