Khaliya Aga Khan

Khaliya is a philanthropist, venture capitalist, public health specialist and active advocate for social change. Both her professional and philanthropic work focus on the intersection of design, technology and social entrepreneurship.[1]

She sits on the Entrepreneur Board of Venture for America, the advisory board of Nexus Youth Summit[2] and is a donor to the TED conference. An avid art collector, she is on the Young Acquisitions Council for the Guggenheim,[3] the Whitney Contemporaries[4][5] and the Metropolitan Museum's Apollo Circle. Khaliya was featured in Bill Gates’s blog in 2012.[6]

She received her Master's degree in Public Health from Columbia University, her Bachelor's degree in European Studies and International Affairs from New York University, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bulgaria from 1999 to 2001. She also studied Computer Science at New York University and Film at the New York Film Academy.

From 2006-2013, Khaliya was married to Prince Hussain Aga Khan, son of Prince Karim Aga Khan (Aga Khan IV), who is the spiritual leader to approximately 15 million Ismaili Muslims.

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/PrincessKhaliya
  2. ↑ http://www.nexusyouthsummit.org/about/advisors/
  3. ↑ http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/support/join/membership-levels/young-collectors-council
  4. ↑ http://whitney.org/Support/Membership/WhitneyContemporaries
  5. ↑ http://untitled-magazine.com/2013-whitney-gala-studio-party-supported-by-louis-vuitton/
  6. ↑ http://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Princess-Khaliya-Aga-Khan-Recommended-Reading



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