Rajiv J. "Raj" Shah (born March 9, 1973) is an American physician, economist and executive. He is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation and a former government official and health economist who served as the sixteenth administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2010 to 2015.

Shah secured bipartisan support that included the passage of two significant laws – the Global Food Security Act and the Electrify Africa Act. He led the U.S. response to the Haiti earthquake and the West African Ebola pandemic, served on the National Security Council, and elevated the role of development as part of our nation’s foreign policy.

Shah reshaped the $20 billion agency’s operations in more than 70 countries around the world by elevating the role of innovation, creating high-impact public-private partnerships, and focusing …

Jan 5, 2017 · New York – The Rockefeller Foundation today announced the selection of Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, the former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and current member of The Rockefeller Foundation Board of …

Dr. Rajiv J. Shah serves as president of The Rockefeller Foundation, a philanthropy whose mission is to promote the well-being of people around the world. Prior to joining the foundation, Dr. Shah was founder and managing partner of Latitude Capital, a private equity firm focused on infrastructure and energy projects in Africa and Asia.

Oct 15, 2023 · TIME spoke with Rajiv Shah about his new book 'Big Bets' and how to think more ambitiously about addressing the planet's problems.

May 28, 2020 · Rajiv Shah is the president of The Rockefeller Foundation, the largest private U.S. philanthropy to date to pursue a net zero endowment. In 2023, the Foundation managed 589 grants worth...

Dr. Rajiv Shah serves as President of the Rockefeller Foundation, a global institution with a century long record of success applying science, technology, and innovation to lift up the world’s most vulnerable.

Dr. Rajiv Shah serves as President of the Rockefeller Foundation, a global institution with a century long record of success applying science, technology, and innovation to lift up the world’s most vulnerable.