Honoree

Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) and Andreas C. Dracopoulos, Co-President

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is one of the world’s leading private, international philanthropic organizations, making grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare. SNF funds organizations and projects worldwide that aim to achieve a broad, lasting, and positive impact for society at large and exhibit strong leadership and sound management. The Foundation also supports projects that facilitate the formation of public-private partnerships as an effective means for serving the public welfare, like its ongoing $1 billion-plus Global Health Initiative (GHI), which includes the design, construction, and outfitting of three state-of-the-art public hospitals in Greece. Since 1996, the Foundation has committed more than $3.7 billion through over 5,400 grants to nonprofit organizations in more than 130 countries around the world.

SNF Co-President Andreas C. Dracopoulos is a Trustee of The Rockefeller University, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as well as a Board of Advisors Trustee at the New York Public Library. He received Greece’s Grand Cross of the Order of Honor in 2018 and France’s rank of the Officer of the Legion of Honor in 2016.  Born and raised in Athens, Greece, he graduated from Athens College. He has received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business, an honorary doctorate from the departments of Medicine and Nursing at the University of Athens in Greece, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from JHU, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Simon Fraser University. He lives in New York City.