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Rajiv Shah Biography

Rajiv Shah is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 9, 1973 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Shah was the son of Indian Gujarati immigrants who immigrated to Michigan in the late 1960s. He was raised in Detroit and attended Wylie E. Groves high school. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and graduated with high honors. He was the recipient of the Otto Graf Scholarship at Michigan. This scholarship is awarded to one student per university for academic excellence and leadership. He earned a Master of Science degree in Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, and a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. As a graduate student, he founded Project Impact for South Asian Americans (a non-profit organization) through which he raised small donations for his community service organization. Shah received a $500,000 grant from U.S. Healthcare while he was studying at the Wharton School of Business to help develop econometric tools that would improve hospital efficiency. These early experiences taught Shah that the ability to raise funds is crucial to any organization’s success. Shah also attended the London School of Economics, where he received a general course certificate. Shah served as a research associate and health policy advisor during the 2000 Gore–Lieberman Presidential Campaign. Shah was also a member the Governor Ed Rendell’s transition committee on Health.

President Obama nominated Shah to be the Chief Scientist and Undersecretary for Agriculture Research, Education and Economics. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed him on May 12, 2009. Shah was responsible to oversee and manage the U.S. Government’s Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service, Cooperative State Research, Education, Extension Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, and Cooperative State Research. Shah was also responsible for the creation and launch of NIFA (National Institute of Food and Agriculture) in order to introduce peer-reviewed scientific processes into agricultural research.

Shah has been awarded numerous honorary degrees including American University, Doctor of International Affairs (2012), Tuskegee University, Doctor of Science (2012), and Colby College, Doctor of Laws (2011).

Shah led efforts to reform food security in an effort to fight against hunger around the world. His efforts had a broad, bipartisan coalition in support of global development in the United States Congress, resulting in a fivefold increase in America’s overall investment in fighting hunger through investments in agriculture. Shah used the Camp David G8 Summit in 2012 to attract private investment commitments to the effort. The U.S. Government’s Feed the Future initiative has been documented to have moved nearly 40 million people out of hunger and poverty and led to dramatic reductions in child stunting around the world.

Shah was nominated as 16th Administrator for USAID on November 10, 2009. He was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2009. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton swore him into office on January 7, 2010.

Name	Rajiv Shah
First Name	Rajiv
Last Name	Shah
Occupation	Politician
Birthday	March 9
Birth Year	1973
Place of Birth	Detroit
Home Town	Michigan
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Pisces
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Spouse	Shivam Mallick Shah
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Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 2013, President Obama launched Power Africa, bringing together technical and legal experts, the private sector, and governments from around the world to work in partnership to increase the number of people with access to power. As Administrator, Shah led the Administration’s efforts to secure billions of dollars of private investments for African power development to bring more than 26,000 MW of power online.

Rajiv Shah Net Worth

Rajiv Shah is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rajiv Shah's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Rajiv Shah (born March 9, 1973), is the President and CEO of the Rockefeller Foundation. He was a former American official, doctor and health economist. He served as the 16th Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development. (USAID) between 2010-2015.

Shah joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as Director of Agricultural Development, Director for Strategic Opportunities, Deputy Director in Policy and Finance, and Chief Economist. He was instrumental in the creation of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation) that focuses on the specific needs of African farmers in terms of environmental and agricultural issues.

Shah was also recognized as one of Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 in 2011 and was India Abroad’s Person of the Year in 2012.

Net Worth	$5 Million
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In 2014, Administrator Shah was invited to keynote the 62nd Annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. The yearly event, which is held on the first Thursday of February, is hosted by Members of Congress and organized on their behalf by The Fellowship Foundation. Every President of the United States since 1953 has spoken at the event that is attended by more than 3,500 dignitaries and is carried live on C-SPAN. The breakfast is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and build relationships. Since the inception of the National Prayer Breakfast, several U.S. states and cities and other countries have established their own annual prayer breakfast events.

Shah continued building on his new model of development in 2014 when he announced the establishment of the United States Global Development Lab. The Lab brings together public and private sector partners to support innovative development solutions in areas that include water, health, food security, nutrition, energy, education and climate change. The U.S. Global Development Lab, a key recommendation of the first QDDR, increased the number of scientists and technology experts within USAID, including 65 fellows from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He increased the investment in science, technology and innovation, taking Agency spend from roughly $130 million when he became Administrator to over $600 million, to focus not only on research, but also on innovation and applied solutions in science and technology.

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Shah has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award (2013); the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, the highest official honor for non-resident Indian, awarded by the President of India (2011); the U.S. Global Leadership Council Tribute Award (2014); the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition (2014); the Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum (2007); and recipient of the Deans Medal, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2014)

In 2015, Shah delivered a TED talk Data-Driven Compassion: What Haiti, Somalia & Ebola Teach Us at the inaugural TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue, which was designed “to give several of the world’s most innovative thinkers and doers the opportunity to share their ground-breaking ideas with bipartisan leaders in our nation’s capital.”

Who is Rajiv Shah Dating?

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In 2014, Shah led the U.S. response to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa again focusing on a strategy that was driven by evidence, innovation and data. The response is credited with slowing the rate of new infections faster than had been projected, which prevented significant transmission across Africa and to other parts of the world.

Facts & Trivia

Rajiv Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rajiv Shah celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.

In 2015, Shah was one of six global leaders appointed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to review the world’s capacity to prepare for and respond to global pandemic threats. The panel presented their findings and recommendations to the Secretary General, UN General Assembly, and the G8 and G20 groups of leaders.

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