Premal Shah
Premal Shah | |
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| Born | October 5, 1975 |
| Alma mater | B.A. Economics - Stanford University |
| Known for | Kiva |
Premal Shah is president of Kiva.org and is a leading social entrepreneur.[1][2]
In 2009, he was selected to Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 List and was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[3][4]
Prior to Kiva, Premal joined PayPal early on and spent 6 years at the company. He is considered to be a part of the PayPal Mafia, a group of PayPal alumni who have gone on to found or co-found other successful companies, including YouTube, LinkedIn, Tesla Motors and Yelp.
Premal has spoken widely on applying Silicon Valley breakthroughs to global poverty.
Additional facts
- In 1991 and 1992 was a participant in the National Youth Leadership Training program from "National Youth Leadership Council" in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Featured speaker at the 2006 Clinton Global Initiative.[5]
- Premal Shah is also a spokesperson for BlackBerry and was featured widely in advertisements.[6]
- He also carried the Olympic Torch for the 2008 Summer Games.[7]
References
- ^ http://2010.socialenterpriseconference.org/featured-speakers
- ^ http://www.kiva.org/about/team#Premal
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0910/gallery.40_under_40.fortune/31.html
- ^ http://techcrunch.com/2009/02/25/world-economic-forum-announces-new-batch-of-young-global-leaders-mark-zuckerberg-chad-hurley-kevin-rose-and-more/
- ^ http://member.clintonglobalinitiative.org/Page.aspx?pid=2473
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfXegSlxgE
- ^ http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-04-04/bay-area/17119699_1_torchbearers-beijing-olympic-mayor-gavin-newsom/2