Family Background and Sacrifices

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Dr. Rajiv Shah reflects on his family's immigration from India to the US and the sacrifices they made for better opportunities. He talks about his grandparents' belief in the American Dream and shares a story about his grandfather's determination to provide a better life for his son.

Have you ever wanted to make a higher contribution, a big impact in the world, but felt perhaps a little hopeless about it all? In today's episode, which is part one of a two-part interview, we're welcoming Dr. Rajiv Shah, who is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation. This is a global institution that has a mission to promote the wellbeing of humanity around the world, but even before that, a rather young looking Dr. Shah was also the USAID administrator where he was responsible for leading and reshaping the 20 billion dollar agency that has operations in 70 countries around the world to develop even stronger results. Dr. Shah is also the author of a new book, Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens. By the end of this episode, you will better understand the journey that Rajiv went on in order to be able to make this higher contribution.

Learn more from Dr. Shah here: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/big-bets/

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