Dr. Rajiv Shah

framework has changed our politics and our geopolitics and our sense of confidence. When my grandfather made that investment of his retirement savings in a one-way ticket to the United States, there was like a 90 plus percent chance if you were born in the US back then, you would do better than your parents.

framework has changed our politics and our geopolitics and our sense of confidence. When my grandfather made that investment of his retirement savings in a one-way ticket to the United States, there was like a 90 plus percent chance if you were born in the US back then, you would do better than your parents.

I mean, literally the only people who didn't were named Rockefeller because obviously your parents were already doing so well off. Today, it's less than 50%. Actually, over the last 30 years, it's probably less than 50%. So the reality is a lot has changed and it just creates a lot of turbulence, a lot of change.

I mean, literally the only people who didn't were named Rockefeller because obviously your parents were already doing so well off. Today, it's less than 50%. Actually, over the last 30 years, it's probably less than 50%. So the reality is a lot has changed and it just creates a lot of turbulence, a lot of change.

Most of the last elections since 2000 have been change elections, one form or another. And that is a signal that there's a lot of uncertainty and lack of confidence in too many communities across this country. So I tell my teams, we have to stay focused on our mission.

Most of the last elections since 2000 have been change elections, one form or another. And that is a signal that there's a lot of uncertainty and lack of confidence in too many communities across this country. So I tell my teams, we have to stay focused on our mission.

We're trying to end energy poverty around the world by giving every single family a chance to live in a community where the cost of energy is low, where energy is abundant, where businesses can grow and where they can participate in digital economy.

We're trying to end energy poverty around the world by giving every single family a chance to live in a community where the cost of energy is low, where energy is abundant, where businesses can grow and where they can participate in digital economy.

There's still 800 million to a billion people who live literally without any electricity, no light bulbs, no power tools, and no real upward mobility through the job market if there's no energy deployed. And so we do a lot of that type of work all over the planet.

There's still 800 million to a billion people who live literally without any electricity, no light bulbs, no power tools, and no real upward mobility through the job market if there's no energy deployed. And so we do a lot of that type of work all over the planet.

And we have a plan and an infrastructure and a set of partners where we're really operating at scale to reach people with what we think of as the core driver of human dignity and opportunity. In the United States, we observe that

And we have a plan and an infrastructure and a set of partners where we're really operating at scale to reach people with what we think of as the core driver of human dignity and opportunity. In the United States, we observe that

chronic disease is out of control, and that if we treat food as medicine in a more structured, science-based way, we can largely reduce the prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes in the US population, something that costs us more than $300 billion a year.

chronic disease is out of control, and that if we treat food as medicine in a more structured, science-based way, we can largely reduce the prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes in the US population, something that costs us more than $300 billion a year.

And there are more amputations performed every year in the United States as a result of diabetes than in all of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan put together over the last two decades. We have some scientific and innovation-oriented ideas that we're investing in and getting behind and building partnerships in order to deliver results for people at home and around the world.

And there are more amputations performed every year in the United States as a result of diabetes than in all of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan put together over the last two decades. We have some scientific and innovation-oriented ideas that we're investing in and getting behind and building partnerships in order to deliver results for people at home and around the world.

When I started at the foundation, we had to make some real changes to the structure of our organization in order to get back to making the types of big bets that John D Rockefeller had envisioned when he created the institution. And strangely, philanthropies can be tough to change. For some reason,

When I started at the foundation, we had to make some real changes to the structure of our organization in order to get back to making the types of big bets that John D Rockefeller had envisioned when he created the institution. And strangely, philanthropies can be tough to change. For some reason,

institutions that I think should have really the highest risk profile of institutions across society can tend to be quite risk averse and afraid of making mistakes. But we made those changes and it was difficult to do, but with a strong board and a really determined leadership team, we were able to do it. One of the big things we were able to do as a result of that was work on COVID and

institutions that I think should have really the highest risk profile of institutions across society can tend to be quite risk averse and afraid of making mistakes. But we made those changes and it was difficult to do, but with a strong board and a really determined leadership team, we were able to do it. One of the big things we were able to do as a result of that was work on COVID and