A young Argentinian will be honored at Harvard as one of the 100 leaders of the future

Harvard and the Mbadachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will highlight a 21-year-old Argentinian among the 100 leaders of the future at the global level.

This is Jerónimo Batista Bucher, originally from Vicente López, who works in the field of the fight against plastic pollution.

At the end of 2017, Jerónimo captivated German Chancellor Angela Merkel after being selected to participate in the G20 World Youth Summit in Germany.

On this occasion, the young man was selected to read a text stressing the importance of "strengthening sustainable solutions to environmental problems" and "responsible consumption of our limited resources".

At the age of 18, he creates Sorui, a machine to manufacture ecological glbades containing extracts of algae. In addition, he owns an emerging company that seeks to innovate in sustainable development.

In addition, Jerónimo is in the fourth year of biotechnology and electronics at the University of San Martín (Unsam).

The young man has received awards from the Chamber of Deputies, the British Embbady, ​​the IAE Business School, the Ministry of Production and the Invap. (The nation and the new.)