Premal Shah
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Premal Shah is an Indian-American entrepreneur who co-founded
Early life
Shah was born in
Career
Shah was an early employee of and principal product manager at PayPal.[4] Building on his college interest in microfinance, Shah took a sabbatical from PayPal in 2004 to prototype a concept of person-to-person microlending in India.[5][6]
Upon his return to Silicon Valley in 2005, Shah joined Matt Flannery and Jessica Jackley in launching Kiva and scaling it into a global organization.[7] Kiva has since raised over one billion dollars in loans from over a million lenders in support of over two million entrepreneurs from eighty countries. Seventy-five percent of loans are disbursed to women, with a repayment rate of ninety-six percent.[2]
In addition to serving as president of Kiva, Shah sits on the boards of other non-profit of organizations, including
Premal is currently listed as a co-founder at renewables.org - an investment platform for renewable energy in emerging markets.[11]
Awards and honors
- Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 List.[12]
- Obama White House Champion of Change[13]
- Visionary of the Year Nominee, San Francisco Chronicle[14]
- World Economic Forum - Young Global Leader selection[15]
- Olympic Torch carrier for the 2008 Summer Games[16]
- Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship[17]
- Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs[18]
Personal life
Premal lives in
References
- ^ "Leadership | Kiva". Kiva. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Impact | Kiva". Kiva. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ UChi Pol (April 21, 2014), IOP- Premal Shah: Can Social Entrepreneurship End Global Poverty?, archived from the original on December 15, 2021, retrieved July 26, 2018
- ^ "LinkedIn Profile".
- ^ "p2p microfinance concept that I was working on before joining Kiva". www.slideshare.net. August 10, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Talks at Google (June 20, 2012), Premal Shah: "Kiva's New Frontiers" | Talks at Google, retrieved July 26, 2018
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has generic name (help) - ^ Kiva (June 6, 2017). "$1 billion in change: How Kiva went from nonprofit startup to global force for good". Medium. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "PayPal Mafia & Kiva President Premal Shah Joins Crowdfunding Platform Watsi's Board | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfund Insider. January 23, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "premal shah | Engaging Volunteers". blogs.volunteermatch.org. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "The PayPal Mafia". Fortune. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "renewables.org - About Us | Invest in Renewable Energy". renewables.org/our-team/. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- ^ "40 under 40 - Premal Shah and Matthew Flannery (31) - FORTUNE".
- ^ "Obama White House Champions of Change Archive".
- ^ "Premal Shah, co-founder of Kiva, enables the poor". San Francisco Chronicle. January 18, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "World Economic Forum Announces New Batch Of Young Global Leaders (Mark Zuckerberg, Chad Hurley, Kevin Rose And More)". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "San Francisco Bay Area — News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds: SFGate". Archived from the original on May 4, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "Skoll | Kiva". skoll.org. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ Boorstin, Julia (October 24, 2012). "Goldman's Blankfein on Power of Entrepreneurs". CNBC. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "Premal Shah, President of Kiva - 2010 Social Enterprise Conference". Vimeo. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ^ "The Power of Giving 2015". National Museum of American History. September 29, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2018.