13 Facts About Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz was born on 1961 and is an American entrepreneur and author.

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a nonprofit global venture capital fund whose goal is to use entrepreneurial approaches to address global poverty.

Jacqueline Novogratz's father was a career officer and major in the US Army, and her mother, Barbara, ran an antiques business.

Jacqueline Novogratz attended Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia, where she studied economics and international relations.

Jacqueline Novogratz earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jacqueline Novogratz started her career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983, as an international credit analyst.

Jacqueline Novogratz worked throughout Africa as a consultant for the World Bank and for UNICEF.

Jacqueline Novogratz founded and directed The Philanthropy Workshop and The Next Generation Leadership programs at the Rockefeller Foundation before founding Acumen in 2001.

Jacqueline Novogratz oversaw the development of Acumen's Fellowship program, which develops leaders for the social sector.

Jacqueline Novogratz serves on the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, and UNICEF.

In 2009, Jacqueline Novogratz published The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World.

Jacqueline Novogratz recognized it as a sweater she had owned and given to Goodwill a decade earlier; it was hers, with her name on the tag.

Jacqueline Novogratz is married to Chris Anderson, the owner of TED Talks.