Rania Zuri

Rania Zuri is the founder and CEO of The LiTEArary Society, the world’s largest youth-led
nonprofit organization working to end book deserts for disadvantaged preschool children. To
date, The LiTEArary Society has donated more than $648,000 worth of brand new books to
over 54,000 disadvantaged preschool children in all 50 states. The organization has grown to
over 3,000 members internationally in 12 countries across 4 continents. The LiTEArary Society
has partnerships and has received funding from Scholastic, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Hershey’s,
Pilot Pens, Starbucks, and more. For her work in early childhood literacy, Rania has been
featured on Good Morning America, Forbes, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, The Today
Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show (twice), national CBS Evening News, NPR, Fox News, Teen
Vogue (twice), NowThis, and more. She is the youngest CEO on the 2024 Forbes 30 under 30
list and was honored at the White House as a “Girl Leading Change” by First Lady Jill Biden in
celebration of International Day of the Girl in 2023. She is a student at Stanford University.