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Ankur Vora

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Chief Strategy Officer (oversees work across Africa and India; leads enterprise-wide strategy) at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Ankur Vora oversees the Gates Foundation's work across Africa and India and leads enterprise-wide strategy, advising the chair and CEO on priorities, resource allocation, and long-term planning toward the foundation's intended 2045 closure. Before joining the foundation in 2013, he was director of programs at the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, managing investments across Africa and South Asia, and earlier served as a principal at the Boston Consulting Group and a lecturer in economics at the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.

Invests in

Impact & Social Good

Experience

  1. Gates FoundationPresident, Africa & India Officescurrent2026 — present
  2. Gates FoundationChief Strategy Officercurrent2020 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  3. Gates FoundationDirector, Strategy, Innovation, & Impact2015 — 2020Seattle
  4. Gates FoundationDeputy Director, Strategy2013 — 2015Seattle
  5. Gates Medical Research InstituteBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  6. GH LabsBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  7. Innovations for Poverty ActionBoard Member2017 — 2023
  8. The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)Director, Programmes2009 — 2013London Area, United Kingdom
  9. Boston Consulting GroupPrincipal2003 — 2009
  10. University of ChicagoLecturer1998 — 2003
  11. Goldman SachsAssociate, FICC2001

Education

  1. University of ChicagoPhD, Economics
  2. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniMasters of Science, Economics
  3. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniBachelors of Engineering, Computer Science

Skills & more

International Development20Economics34Business Strategy27Program Management27Management Consulting26Public Policy14Nonprofits12Social Entrepreneurship6Policy Analysis5Project Management5Start-ups4Program Evaluation2
+6 moreTeachingSocial ImpactStrategyStrategic PlanningManagementCapacity Building

From Ankur's professional profile.

Colleagues at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Alex Reid
Chief Communications Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Allan C. Golston
President, U.S. Program at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Anita Zaidi
President, Gender Equality Division at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ashish Dhawan
Board of Trustees at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates
Co-chair at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carolyn Ainslie
Chief Financial Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Christopher J. Elias
President, Global Development at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
David Rossow
Investor at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Frequently asked questions

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Ankur Vora is Chief Strategy Officer (oversees work across Africa and India; leads enterprise-wide strategy) at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Ankur Vora invests in Impact & Social Good.

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Also attended University of Chicago336

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Shared employers

Also worked at Gates Medical Research Institute1

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Also worked at Boston Consulting Group866

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