Alex Sloan

Independent

Biography

Alex is Director of Innovation Investments at the Skoll Foundation. The Innovation Investment program aims to scale the proven innovative approaches of Skoll social entrepreneurs to accelerate impact on the world's most pressing problems.

Alex has spent his career supporting entrepreneurs in both for-profit and non-profit settings. Alex spent over 18 years as a venture capital investor in San Francisco and Southeast Asia. Alex has also served for more than 20 years as Chairman and President of the Excelerate Foundation. Alex earned a B.A. degree from Tulane University, studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and holds an MBA from Cornell University.