Benje Williams

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Overview

Benje is the cofounder of Amal Academy, a Stanford-funded education startup that prepares disadvantaged Pakistani students with the soft skills they need to pursue their professional dreams. Prior to Amal, he lived in Nairobi, Kenya, where he spent his time making investments with Acumen Fund, developing a food security project with TechnoServe, launching an education resource center with his football team in the Mathare slum, and unsuccessfully launching a waste-to-energy venture. He has also advised a global pharmacy company with Dalberg Global Advisors in South Africa, developed/implemented a marketing strategy for an ambulance company in India, and helped build the marketing strategy/team at a healthcare company in Lahore as a Global Acumen Fellow. Prior to working in emerging markets, Benje spent several years consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York and getting into trouble with his older sister and 8 [adopted] younger siblings in California. He has a BSc in Business Administration (major) and African American Studies (minor) from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University.