Ziad Ahmed is a 19-year-old rising sophomore at Yale University. He is an unapologetic American-Muslim-Bangladeshi student activist, entrepreneur and speaker.

In 2013, Ziad founded a teen organization, redefy, committed to furthering equality. Redefy has grown immensely, with hundreds of students internationally on the team, over 3,000 likes on Facebook, and over 100,000 hits on redefy.org. Through Redefy, Ziad has been recognized as a 2017 Global Teen Leader, a High School Trailblazer by MTV, a Top 15 Young Prodigy Changing the World by Business Insider, a Diana Award Winner, and a recipient of the Princeton Prize in Race Relations. 

Ziad has also worked for the U.S. Department of State, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Campaign, Martin O’Malley’s 2016 Campaign, and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman in various capacities. Currently, he serves as a digital intern at the SOZE Agency, working on Yara Shahidi’s EighteenX18 campaign to encourage young people to get more civically engaged. He has even been personally commended by former President Barack Obama and was invited to the White House three times. 

As an entrepreneur, Ziad has co-founded JÜV Consulting Inc., a Generation Z marketing consultancy. He serves as CEO of the company — growing the company to empower Generation Z with the opportunity to communicate directly with businesses about what exactly appeals to youth.