Premal Shah — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as President at Branch International since 2019.
Co-founded Kiva, a global poverty alleviation non-profit that has raised over $2 billion for low-income entrepreneurs in 80 countries.
Was an early employee and Principal Product Manager at PayPal.
Sits on the boards of non-profit organizations including Center for Humane Technology, Change.org Foundation, Watsi, and VolunteerMatch.
Attended Stanford University, where he pursued economic development, and received a research grant from the London School of Economics to study microfinance.

Biography

Premal Shah, born in Ahmedabad, India, and raised in Minnesota, is an Indian-American entrepreneur. He attended Stanford University, where he focused on economic development, and later received a research grant from the London School of Economics to study the microfinance work of the Self-Employed Women's Association. Shah was an early employee and Principal Product Manager at PayPal from 2000 to 2006.