Eddie Ndopu

Eddie Ndopu is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed social justice advocate, humanitarian, public intellectual, and bona fide changemaker. Born in 1990 with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and given only five years to live, he has gone on to become a beacon of hope and possibility for people with disabilities around the world. Eddie currently serves as Special Advisor to RTW Investments, a leading investor in scientific and medical innovation. He has also advised organizations such as the World Economic Forum, UN Women and Amnesty International. Eddie holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Oxford University and is setting in motion plans to deliver a televised address to the UN from Space, in an effort to prove that our bodies, our minds, and the limitations placed upon them can defy gravity.