The Fisher Prize

Les and Abigail Wexner created the Fisher Council on Global Trade and Technology in 1998 to honor the lifelong achievements of both the event’s keynote speaker and college namesake Max M. Fisher. A successful businessman, Fisher was a dedicated philanthropist and accomplished statesman, having served as an adviser to several presidents, prime ministers and world leaders.

The Fisher Prize has been awarded to world leaders as well as thought leaders who have dedicated themselves to tackling the world’s biggest problems.

Past Fisher Prize recipients

• Thomas L. Friedman (2008)
• Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev (2002)
• Former President George H. W. Bush (2001)
• Former President Gerald R. Ford (2000)
• U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills (1998)