Jack Growden

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About Jack Growden

Jack Growden is the Founder & CEO of LiteHaus International, an Australian NGO conquering digital inequality and making access to technology equitable. From donating his own laptop to a school in Papua New Guinea in 2017, Jack’s vision has now empowered over students across Asia-Pacific with digital learning tools and opportunities. Under Jack’s leadership, LiteHaus International has delivered internationally acclaimed interventions against digital inequality, building over 460 computer labs and deploying devices to schools in need across 11 countries. Based in Townsville, Jack has travelled far and wide across regional and remote Australia, and has overseen the delivery of laptops to Australian students in need. An award-winning philanthropist, Jack has been recognised as a leading social innovator in Asia-Pacific by Australia ASEAN Business Council. Globally, he has been recognised on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List for Social Impact, as a One Young World Lead 2030 Challenge Winner, and by the International Telecommunications Union in multiple awards. He was also a Finalist in the Young Australian of the Year in 2022, was Queensland’s Emerging Philanthropist of the Year in 2020 and serves on the ABC’s National Advisory Council. With LiteHaus International, Jack aims to empower one million people by 2027.