David Sachs

Extracted Attributes

• UN Role

  President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

• Full Name

  Jeffrey David Sachs

• Date of Birth

  1954-11-05

• Specialization

  Sustainable and Economic Development

• Primary Occupation

  Economist and Public Policy Analyst

• Academic Affiliation

  Professor at Columbia University

• Scientific Concept Analysis

  ArkStorm 2.0 (Atmospheric River scenario modeled by USGS)

• Millennium Development Goals

  8 objectives to reduce extreme poverty and hunger by 2015

• Sustainable Development Goals

  17 global goals adopted by the UN in 2015

Timeline

• Jeffrey David Sachs is born. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1954-11-05

• Commenced tenure as special advisor to the UN Secretary-General, a role held until 2018. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2001-01-01

• Appointed director of the United Nations Millennium Project's work on the MDGs. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2002-01-01

• Became a commissioner for the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2010-01-01

• The United Nations officially adopts the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (Source: Wikipedia)

  2015-09-25

• Concluded advisory position related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). (Source: Wikipedia)

  2016-12-31

• Concluded 17-year tenure as special advisor to the UN Secretary-General. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-12-31

Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey David Sachs ( SAKS; born November 5, 1954) is an American economist and public policy analyst who is a professor at Columbia University, where he was formerly director of The Earth Institute. He worked on sustainable development and economic development. Sachs is director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He is an SDG Advocate for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 global goals adopted at a UN summit meeting in 2015. From 2001 to 2018, Sachs was special advisor to the UN Secretary-General. Until 2016 he held a similar advisory position related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight internationally sanctioned objectives to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and disease by 2015. In connection with the MDGs, he was appointed special adviser to the UN Secretary-General in 2002 during the term of Kofi Annan. Sachs is co-founder and chief strategist of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty and hunger. From 2002 to 2006, he was director of the United Nations Millennium Project's work on the MDGs. In 2010, he became a commissioner for the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, whose stated aim is to boost the importance of broadband internet in international policy. Sachs has written several books and received several awards. His views on economics, on the origin of COVID-19, and on the Russian invasion of Ukraine have garnered attention and criticism.

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• David Sacks

  David Oliver Sacks (born May 25, 1972) is a South African-American entrepreneur, author, and investor in internet technology firms. He is a general partner of Craft Ventures, a venture capital fund he co-founded in late 2017. Additionally, he is a former co-host of the All In "All-In (podcast)") podcast, alongside Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis and David Friedberg. Previously, Sacks was the COO and product leader of PayPal, and founder and CEO of Yammer. In 2016, he became interim CEO of [...] | Personal details | | | Born | David Oliver Sacks (1972-05-25) May 25, 1972 (age 53) Cape Town, South Africa | | Citizenship | South Africa United States | | Spouse | Jacqueline Tortorice ​ ​ (m. 2007)​ | | Children | 3 | | Education | Stanford University (BA) University of Chicago (JD) | | Known for | Former CEO of Zenefits Former COO of PayPal Founding CEO of Yammer | | | | [...] firms such as Charles River Ventures, Founders Fund, Emergence Capital Partners, and Goldcrest Investments.

• David H Sachs, MD | Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  David H. Sachs was born on January 10, 1942 in New York City. He graduated from Harvard College in 1963, Summa Cum Laude, with an A.B. in Chemistry. In 1964 he received a Diplome d'Etudes Superieures de Sciences in organic chemistry from the University of Paris, where he studied as a Fulbright fellow. In 1968 he received an M.D., Magna Cum Laude, from Harvard Medical School. [...] B. Development of miniature swine as a large animal transplantation model: [...] 3. Sharabi Y and Sachs DH, Mixed chimerism and permanent specific transplantation tolerance induced by a nonlethal preparative regimen. J.Exp.Med. 169: 493-502, 1989.

• How David Sacks and the PayPal Mafia became the most ...

  David Sacks is a Silicon Valley legend, former COO of PayPal, Co-Founder of Yammer, and Managing Partner of Craft Ventures. We spoke with David on our 60th podcast episode about what he learned in his 20s. ## Actionable Insights [...] It’s about the idea, not the trend. To David Sacks, too many founders follow trends to find a “minimally viable idea” that is only good enough to get something going but not great enough to build a lasting company. It’s never too early to start doing something entrepreneurial. To Sacks, managing PayPal was not that dissimilar to managing his college paper or his high school yearbook. You learn a lot from the early experiences running these creative enterprises. [...] ultimately destined to work in medicine, law, consulting, banking, or something of the like. After graduating from Stanford, David Sacks followed the predetermined path for individuals with only a vague understanding of what the wanted to do professionally — law school.

• Trump tech adviser David Sacks under fire over vast AI investments

  David Sacks, President Trump's influential adviser on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, is on the defensive over government paperwork that critics say grant him "carte blanche" to shape U.S. policy while retaining hundreds of investments in the tech world. Sacks is a prominent venture capitalist who, along with Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, is a member of the Paypal Mafia, a group of executives of the online payments company who helped spark the digital economy after the dot-com bust. [...] The conflict-of-interest questions come just as Sacks landed a major victory with Trump's signing of an executive order Thursday which aims to undo some of the more than 100 laws states have passed to regulate AI. Most target AI deepfakes, or require additional transparency and disclosure of how AI models operate. [...] "While Americans bicker, our rivals are studying David's every move. I've known David for decades, and I've never seen him sharper or more necessary," billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff wrote on X about Sacks, who is also a billionaire. As the Times was looking into Sacks, he said he hired a defamation law firm to send threatening letters to the paper, which Sacks claims "willfully mischaracterized or ignored the facts to support their bogus narrative."

• David O. Sacks - Entrepreneur, Investor

  # David O. Sacks Entrepreneur, Investor San Francisco, California, United States, US 500 connections, 30955 followers ## About None ## Experience ### Craft Ventures Craft Ventures N/A - Present N/A ### N/A N/A N/A - Present N/A ### N/A N/A N/A - Present N/A ### N/A N/A N/A - Present N/A ### N/A N/A N/A - Present N/A ## Education ### Stanford University N/A 1990 - 1994 None ### N/A N/A 1995 - 1998 None ## Publications N/A [...] - David O. Sacks' new company Glue wants to solve Slack channel fatigue. Instead of forcing workers to join permanent channels to access information… Liked by David O. Sacks View Post Activity Image - Today we announced Glue. I've spent much of my career thinking about how to improve work communication, and in the last year my convictions have only… Liked by David O. Sacks View Post Activity Image

• Award

  honorary doctorate from University of Nantes

• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Harvard University

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  immunologist

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  1/10/1942

• Place Of Birth

  New York City