Author

Wolfgang Fengler

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, World Data Lab

Wolfgang Fengler is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Data Lab. He spoke at TEDx Vienna and launched population.io (endorsed by Bill Gates) as well as worldpoverty.io, two real-time big data models. The German weekly DER SPIEGEL called him a "big data virtuoso". Previously, he served as the World Bank's Lead Economist in the Nairobi office. A native German, Wolfgang has been previously a staff member of the World Bank for more than 20 years, during which he lived in four continents: First in North America working at the World Bank's headquarters in Washington DC, then in Asia as a Senior Economist in the Indonesia office, followed by Africa, and finally in Europe as part of the World Bank's new hub in Vienna. Wolfgang has published extensively on social and economic issues. He also co-authored "Delivering Aid Differently" (with Homi Kharas, Brookings) and "Africa's Economic Boom" (with Shanta Devarajan, Foreign Affairs). Prior to joining the World Bank, he set up Africa Consulting, LLC, and was a Fellow at the Research Institute for International Relations. Wolfgang gained a PhD from the University of Hamburg (Germany).