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Name
  
Premal Shah

Known for
  
Kiva

Education
  
Stanford University

Role
  
Social entrepreneur


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Born
  
October 5, 1975 (age 49) (
1975-10-05
)
Ahmedabad, India

Alma mater
  
B.A. Economics - Stanford University

Residence
  
United States of America

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Premal Shah is president of microfinance company Kiva.org and is a leading social entrepreneur.

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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.

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.

Premal Shah: "Kiva's New Frontiers" | Talks at Google


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.
  • Premal Shah was a spokesperson for BlackBerry and was featured widely in advertisements.
  • He also carried the Olympic Torch for the 2008 Summer Games.

    • References

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