Dr. Rajiv Shah
The Convener
The room, the network and the deal, brings the right people together.
Dr. Rajiv Shah reads as The Convener because the Rockefeller Foundation's power under his leadership is fundamentally relational rather than institutional. He has assembled coalitions of governments, private capital, and civil society to finance clean energy transitions and pandemic responses at a scale no single actor could reach alone. His years at USAID taught him that durable impact means aligning stakeholders with competing incentives, a discipline he brings to every initiative he architects.
“When you aspire to do something big and bold, you can talk to leaders who want to be a part of solutions at that scale. Those types of solutions happen when you dream big.”
“You don't have to settle for incrementally doing good. You can actually try to solve some of the world's biggest, most challenging problems.”
“We're trying to change that pathway for billions of people to focus much more on renewables. Seventy-five percent of all future emissions will come from eighty-one countries in energy poverty.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Dr. Rajiv Shah”
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