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Premal Shah President, Kiva.org San Francisco Bay AreaInternet Current Kiva.org Previous PayPal, an eBay company, Mercer Management Consulting Education Stanford University 500+ connectionsConnectSend InMailMore options www.linkedin.com/in/premal/ Contact Info BACKGROUND SUMMARY Premal Shah President, Kiva.org Premal Shah helps lead Kiva.org – a website that lets you make micro-loans to low-income entrepreneurs. Kiva raises over $1 million each week for the working poor in +50 countries and was named as a Top 50 website by TIME magazine in 2008. Prior to Kiva, Premal spent 6 years at PayPal, an eBay company and began his career as a management consultant in New York. During a sabbatical from PayPal, Premal began developing the internet microfinance concept while volunteering at a women's economic empowerment organization in India. His work as a social entrepreneur harnessing technology has now been recognized widely in the press, including Good Morning America, NPR, Fortune and Al Jazeera. Premal was a featured speaker at the Clinton Global Initiative and was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Premal graduated with a degree in Economics from Stanford University. Specialties:Product Management, online consumer/financial services, microfinance. Online Giving Marketplaces Kiva Presentation Craigslist Foundation Kiva Presentation Community Call Currency Risk V1 p2p microfinance concept that I was working on before joining Kiva Kiva website analysis - data on MFIs and variance between 2007 and 2008 data Kiva Due Diligence Template SEE MORE EXPERIENCE President Kiva.org March 2006 – Present (7 years 1 month) (Open)5 recommendations, including: Shelby Clark Founder of RelayRides Premal is an absolute rockstar. His enthusiasm is contagious, and working with him is an inspiring experience. In the early...View Steven Reinemund National Account Manager at Reckitt Benckiser Premal is an outstanding visionary and public speaker. When the world said microfinance could not be done Web 2.0-style,...View 3 more recommendations Principal Product Manager PayPal, an eBay company March 2000 – March 2006 (6 years 1 month) (Open)1 recommendation Alan Tien Senior Director of Global Cross Border Trade at PayPal Can I praise Premal enough his Kiva work? At PayPal, he was always the passionate PM, giving everything he had to whatever project he was on. Always willing to learn - and implement - best practices. And perhaps most magical of all, he brought...View Analyst Mercer Management Consulting September 1998 – March 2000 (1 year 7 months) SKILLS & EXPERTISE Most endorsed for... 82Entrepreneurship 50Microfinance 29Product Management 29Start-ups 23Strategic Partnerships 15Social Entrepreneurship 13E-commerce 7Strategy 7Product Development 5Management Premal also knows about... 4Leadership 3Mobile Devices 1Product Marketing EDUCATION Stanford University BA, Economics 1994 – 1998 RECOMMENDATIONS Received (6) President Kiva.org Shelby Clark Founder of RelayRides Premal is an absolute rockstar. His enthusiasm is contagious, and working with him is an inspiring experience. In the early days at Kiva, the odds were against us, but he believed in the vision of Kiva and pushed each of us to perform to our best. We were a small, scrappy, grossly underresourced team, but Premal was able to rally the few troops that we had and push us to...more January 24, 2010, Shelby reported to Premal at Kiva.org Steven Reinemund National Account Manager at Reckitt Benckiser Premal is an outstanding visionary and public speaker. When the world said microfinance could not be done Web 2.0-style, Premal said no. Kiva.org is an exciting, energizing site that has and will continue to change the world under Premal's leadership and vision and beyond. As the owner of a portal for microfinance as a side business for me, Kiva.org is a slam dunk...more November 15, 2007, Steven was a consultant or contractor to Premal at Kiva.org Reid Hoffman Entrepreneur. Product Strategist. Investor. Premal brings all of the skills and abilities of a driven, accomplished silicon valley entrepreneur to the unique organization of Kiva. As an entrepreneur, Premal already has the essential characteristics: smart and analytic, fast and responsive, intelligent risk taking, focus. He applies those essential characteristics to Kiva in that he also understands and cares about...more May 18, 2007, Reid managed Premal indirectly at Kiva.org sundeep ahuja founder at blissmo Premal is just incredible. Besides the fact that he's just a great, great person, he's got a singular talent for approaching challenges (and opportunities) from unique yet plausible perspectives. He's got great business acumen, he's fun to work with, and I've learned a lot from him. May 16, 2007, sundeep reported to Premal at Kiva.org Dave McClure Geeks, Entrepreneurs, Startups. The Internet Revolution. Premal is a passionate, tireless, & exceptional young lion in the field of microfinance. After working with Premal for several years at PayPal, i was inspired to see him join & help lead Kiva's management team. His expertise in product development & financial services are well-matched to Kiva's mission connecting micro-entrepreneurs around the world with...more April 30, 2007, Dave worked with Premal at Kiva.org SEE MORE CONNECTIONSShared (36) Benjamin Rattray1st Founder and CEO, Change.org Noor Shams1st Senior Project Director, Grameen Research and Health David del Ser Bartolomé1st Founder and Chairman at Frogtek Isabelle Barres1st VP and Director, The Smart Campaign, Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International Kevin Doyle Jones1st Building the social capital market Howard J. Finkelstein1st Founder, Law Offices of Howard J. Finkelstein Vikash Kumar1st Entrepreneur, Business Development Specialist –BoP, Consultant-Microfinance & New Media and Photographer Larry Reed1st Microcredit Summit Campaign Elizabeth Israel1st Founder and Prinicpal, GreenMicrofinance™ George Kinyanjui1st Program Management

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