Biography
A visionary global leader in artificial intelligence, Clara Shih is Founder and CEO of New Work Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to equipping young Americans with AI tools, information, and skills to navigate an AI-reshaped economy. Clara is also Senior Advisor and Founder of Business AI at Meta, where she built the organization and launched the Business AI product portfolio for 200M businesses on WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram.
Previously, Clara was CEO of Salesforce AI and was CEO and Chair of Hearsay Systems, a global AI software company she founded. Named to the TIME100 AI, CNBC 50 Disruptors, and World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders, Clara holds undergraduate and Master’s degrees in computer science from Stanford and an M.Sc. from Oxford, where she studied as a Marshall Scholar. Clara served on the Starbucks board of directors for over a decade and currently serves on the board of HubSpot.
