Draft:Christopher Ategeka

Christopher Ategeka (born July 10, 1984) is an engineer, entrepreneur and social/environmental impact advocate. He is a TED Fellow and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. He is the founder and CEO of several social entrepreneurship ventures such as Rides for Lives and Privail, and curates the Unintended Consequences of Technology (UCOT) conference.

Early Life and Education
Ategeka was born in Fort Portal, Uganda, the eldest of five siblings. He was orphaned after losing both parents to HIV/AIDS, after which he became a caretaker to his brothers and sisters. Ategeka started his first business at a young age by collecting garbage in exchange for food.

In his teens, Ategeka escaped to a non-profit orphanage, YES Uganda, and was able to go to primary school. While he was there, he was sponsored by an American family who were able to get him into a private high school in Fort Portal, Uganda. Upon graduation, Chris moved to the United States to live with them and attend community college before receiving a scholarship to University of California, Berkeley where he received his Bachelor and master's degrees in the Science in Mechanical Engineering. He completed an Executive Certificate in Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Career and Entrepreneurship
In 2013 Ategeka formed Privail, a startup company formed to develop low-cost, early HIV detection technology with Anwaar Al-Zireeni, that operated until 2017. Ategeka and Al-Zireeni were highlighted in the first White House Demo Day by President Obama in 2015.

In 2016 Ategeka was named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans, and was highlighted by Forbes as one of the 30-under-30 social entrepreneurs.

His career has been profiles in the PBS Brief but Spectacular series. He has contributed to Forbes magazine. He serves as a mentor for the Unreasonable Group, an international venture capital that supports ventures across 180 countries solving global problems and is an advisor to the J.P. Morgan Techstars Oakland accelerator program.

He has written five books including The Unintended Consequences of Technology, published by Wiley.