Mari Kuraishi co-founded GlobalGiving in 2000. She is the President of GlobalGiving, an online marketplace that connects people to the causes they care most about. Donors select the locally run projects they want to fund, helping to make lasting change throughout the world. She joined the World Bank in 1991 where she managed and created some of the Bank's most innovative projects. including the first ever Innovation and Development Marketplaces. The Development Marketplace has been recognized as a leading example of public sector innovation in an article in the Harvard Business Review. She has lived in Japan, Italy, Germany, and the United States. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Harvard, including completion of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
“This dearth of management training also hinders micro, small, and midsize businesses. These are the largest source of jobs in most
developing countries.”
- Guy Pfeffermann, "Into Africa", Global Focus, Summer 2008
Mari Kuraishi
