Margo Alexander is the Chairman of the Acumen Fund, which is a non-profit organization that uses a venture capital model to promote sustainable change to improve the lives of the poor. Acumen Fund is a Non-profit global Venture fund targeting the four billion people living on less than $4 a day It is officially supported by many organizations, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google.org, and The Rockefeller Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF is the largest transparently operated Private foundation in the world founded by Bill and Melinda Googleorg is the charitable arm of Internet Search engine company Google. The Rockefeller Foundation (RF is a prominent Philanthropic organization and Private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue New York City. Prior to joining the board at the Acumen Fund, she enjoyed an illustrious career as the former Chairman of UBS AG Global Asset Management and a former senior executive at Paine Webber. Acumen Fund is a Non-profit global Venture fund targeting the four billion people living on less than $4 a day Paine Webber and Company was an American Stock brokerage and asset management firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000
Margo holds a BS from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S The Walter A Haas School of Business, better known as the Haas School of Business or simply Haas, is one of 14 schools and colleges at the University of The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley The Master of Business Administration ( MBA) is a Master's degree in Business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines Harvard Business School ( HBS) is a renowned Business school in the United States Upon her graduation from Hardvard Business School, as one of only 24 women in her class of 800, Alexander initially struggled to find a job in an industry that was typically reluctant to hire women at the time - Wall Street. Wall Street is a street in lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. Beginning as a securities analyst with Paine Webber, she enjoyed a long and decorated career that was marked by both national and international assignments. Paine Webber and Company was an American Stock brokerage and asset management firm that was acquired by the Swiss bank UBS AG in 2000 In addition, she began to build a long list of "firsts" including, the first woman to head a major research department, the first woman to oversee a trading floor, and one of the first females to head a large asset management company.