Nunzio Quacquarelli

President & Chair of the Board | London, UK

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Nunzio is founder and chairperson of QS Quacquarelli Symonds He established the organization in 1990 in London and led it to become the world’s leading data, insights, events and online solutions company focusing on higher education. The company now employs 900+ higher education experts from more than 30 countries. In the three decades, Nunzio’s leadership has maintained QS’s mission: to help young people to fulfil their potential. 

 

Education 

The Wharton School: MBA, Entrepreneurship & Finance  

University of Cambridge: MA/BA, Economics 

Areas of expertise

University Performance

Rankings

Employability

Data and Insights

Future17 SDG Challenge

QS ImpACT Charity

Influential work

Grew QS to become the leading global higher education expert, advising governments, higher education institutions as well as students with the aim of empowering motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfill their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career development. 

Created and delivered the QS World University Rankings used by higher education institutions around the world to measure their impact and benchmark against other universities. 

Launched the QS ImpACT Charity offering scholarships and awards to youth who are positively impacting their community following any of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.