He dropped out of school after junior high and worked making coffee and running errands for a ship broker in London.

He started EF as a language study and travel abroad organization, initially for Swedish high school students going to England to learn English.

[6] Under Hult's supervision, EF grew to become a multi-billion dollar corporation with more than 40,000 employees across 500 schools and educational programs in 53 countries.

[9] He is a keen sailor and his boat, EF Education with skipper Paul Cayard, won the last Whitbread Round the World Race in 1998.

[11][failed verification] The boat hosted the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel on their honeymoon.

In 1993, he was a founding member of the Geneva-based Mentor Foundation, “an independent, non-governmental, not for profit, apolitical organization” focused on supporting research and initiatives in drug prevention.

[19] Lately, the Hult family has founded EF's Global Classroom Foundation, which has the goal of helping to rebuild elementary schools in troubled areas.