Last week, World Merit announced that the Your Big Year finals will be taking place in San Francisco, the epicenter of global entrepreneurship, as a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Now in its third year, YBY is a global search for talent, which provides a unique forum for connecting ambitious and determined people to share their knowledge and ideas.
In just two years, the initiative has attracted more than 100,000 of the worlds’ most inspiring millennials from over 220 countries with a social media reach of over 20 million and has appeared in 200+ media outlets. Past YBY competitions have seen participation from world leaders such as Sir Richard Branson, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Anderson Cooper.
From the thousands that enter, 12 finalists will be chosen and flown to San Francisco to face a series of tasks through the week. One winner will be selected and become a global ambassador for a year traveling around the world to experience different cultures, meet world leaders and work on social impact projects.