Ron Bruder is an American entrepreneur and advocate for increased youth employment opportunities in the Middle East and North Africa. He is the founder of Education For Employment (EFE), the leading network of affiliated locally-run nonprofits that create public-private partnerships with employers to train youth in technical and soft skills and place them in jobs or provide entrepreneurship support across the Middle East and North Africa. The network has local affiliates in Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, with programs in Algeria and Bahrain, as well as capacity-building support organizations in the United States and Spain. EFE has supported over 181,000 youth (59% women) to enter the world of work. EFE’s extensive media coverage is here. Bruder was named on the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world. He lives in Westchester County, New York.