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Shiza Shahid
Cofounder & Co-CEO Our Place. Cofounder Malala Fund. Investor in brands & ecomm. Speaker.
Shiza Shahid is a prominent entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and advocate for women's rights who excels in leveraging philanthropy, venture capital, technology, and media to drive scalable social impact.
Co-founder of the Malala Fund alongside Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Shiza served as the organization's founding CEO before turning her focus to supporting mission-driven startups through her seed-stage VC Fund and Platform, NOW Ventures.
Passionate about empowering women entrepreneurs, Shiza hosts Women's Story-telling Salons to foster collaboration among leading female entrepreneurs and currently hosts the USA Today show ASPIREist.
With a background in International Relations from Stanford University and experience as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, Shiza also holds a graduate degree from Singularity University focusing on leveraging technology to address gender inequities.
Recognized for her contributions, Shiza Shahid has been honored with awards like Times 30 under 30 World Changer, Forbes 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur, and has been part of prestigious forums such as the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council.
A sought-after speaker on millennial and women's entrepreneurship, Shiza frequently speaks at major international events including Aspen Ideas Fest, Milken Global Institute, and Fortune Most Powerful Women, among others.
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