User:Kivafan/Premal Shah

Premal Shah is a leading social entrepreneur and founding President of Kiva.org.

In 2009, he was selected to Fortune Magazine's 40 Under 40 List and was called an 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 create other successful companies, including YouTube, LinkedIn, Tesla and Yelp.

Premal has spoken widely on applying Silicon Valley breakthroughs to global poverty. He was a featured speaker at the 2006 Clinton Global Initiative.

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