Rajiv J. Shah
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Background
Rajiv J. Shah is an American physician and the president of The Rockefeller Foundation.
He served as the sixteenth administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2010 to 2015.
About The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation: The Rockefeller Foundation is a foundation that reported $380.3 million in charitable disbursements for fiscal 2024 and co-launched Cities Deliver with the OpenAI Foundation on October 14, 2026.
Key facts
- Current title
- President of the Rockefeller Foundationsource
- Took office
- Assumed office on March 1, 2017, succeeding Dr. Judith Rodinsource
- USAID
- Sixteenth administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2010 to 2015source
- Education
- M.D. from the Perelman School of Medicinesource
- Book
- Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Occurs, released by Simon Element on October 10, 2023source
WYDE coverage of Rajiv J. Shah
WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Rajiv J. Shah, on Oct 14, 2026. Rajiv J. Shah is a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation Commit $50 Million to Help Cities Use AI for Public Services.
Reported alongside Rajiv J. Shah
- OpenAI Foundation · in 1 story with Rajiv J. Shah
- The Rockefeller Foundation · in 1 story with Rajiv J. Shah
- Anna Makanju · in 1 story with Rajiv J. Shah
Sources
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