Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship

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Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship{{cite news |last1=Tau |first1=Byron |title=Meet President Obama's Entrepreneurship Ambassadors - U.S |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/05/11/meet-president-obamas-entrepreneurship-ambassadors/ |website=Wall Street Journal|date=May 11, 2015 |accessdate=August 5, 2018}} (PAGE) was a collaborative advisory group created by former United States President Barack Obama tasked with creating entrepreneurial growth in America.{{cite web |last1=Pritzker |first1=Penny |title=Announcing President Obama's New Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/04/10/announcing-president-obama-s-new-ambassadors-global-entrepreneurship |website=White House|date=April 10, 2014 |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}

PAGE was founded by then United States President Barack Obama in 2014. The prime focus of the group was to increase the business startup culture in the United States.

In 2016, Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes stepped down as one of the ambassadors of the program due to a federal investigation into some of her activities.{{cite web |last1=Reo |first1=Leann |title=Embattled Theranos CEO Steps Down As Obama Business Ambassador |url=http://fortune.com/2016/08/02/federal-government-theranos/ |website=Fortune |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}

Other ambassadors for PAGE include former AOL CEO Steve Case,{{cite web |last1=Bosilkovski |first1=Igor |title=Techies Upset Over Trump Administration Killing A Rule That Would Have Helped Foreign Entrepreneurs |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/igorbosilkovski/2017/07/10/techies-upset-over-trump-administration-killing-a-rule-that-would-have-helped-foreign-entrepreneurs/ |website=Forbes|accessdate=August 5, 2018}} Venture for America founder and 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang, Shark Tank investor and founder of FUBU, Daymond John, who was appointed to his post in 2015,{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Shark Tank' at the White House: Daymond John Named Entrepreneurship Ambassador |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/shark-tank-white-house-daymond-john-named-entrepreneurship-ambassador-1201492470/ |website=Variety|date=May 11, 2015 |accessdate=August 5, 2018}} Mozilla board member Julie Hanna and Helen Greiner (co-founder of iRobot Corporation). Hanna and Greiner were two of the five women who were named ambassadors of PAGE at the time.{{cite web |title=5 Women Named As American Ambassadors for Entrepreneurship |url=https://herahub.com/resources/5-women-named-american-ambassadors-entrepreneurship/ |website=Hera Hub|last1=McCumber|first1=Elizabeth|date=May 23, 2014 |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}

In 2018, Inaugural PAGE member{{Cite web |url=https://www.commerce.gov/file/page-ambassador-nina-vaca-pinnacle-technical-resources |title=PAGE Ambassador – Nina Vaca of Pinnacle Technical Resources |website=Department of Commerce |language=en |access-date=November 3, 2018}} and Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Group, Nina Vaca had a day named after her in Houston, Texas due to her efforts in improving the Hispanic and immigrant community{{what|reason=improving life of or some aspect of the community not the people-which is implied|date=August 2021}} in Texas.{{cite web |title=Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proclaims March 8 Nina Vaca Day at 11th Annual Tribute to the Hispanic Woman |url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/houston_mayor_sylvester_turner_proclaims_march_8_nina_vaca_day_at_11th_annual_tribute_to_the_hispanic_woman/prweb15298233.htm |website=PR Web |last1=Hartung|first1=Kyra|access-date=August 5, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2017/08/25/immigrant-family-tech-ceo-nina-vaca-uses-success-spread-global-entrepreneurship|title=From immigrant family to tech CEO, Nina Vaca uses her success to spread global entrepreneurship|last1=Hall|first1=Cheryl|date=August 25, 2017|publisher=}}