Nikita Klæstrup

KU has many former members that have since gone into particularly politics, academia and business, and founded successful international companies or become professors or ministers of government.
The Danish freedom institution Libertas was also founded by members of KU.
Many of the founders of CEPOS were current or former members of KU.
In 2004 former Prime Minister Poul Schlüter was awarded the honorary membership of KU for excellence in political leadership and for the distribution of conservatism in Danish politics.