Premal Shah | |
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Born |
Ahmedabad, India |
October 5, 1975
Residence | United States |
Alma mater | B.A. Economics - Stanford University |
Known for | Kiva |
Premal Shah is president of microfinance company Kiva.org and is a leading social entrepreneur.
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.