Christopher Fabian

Christopher Fabian

Chris (@chrisfabian) is a technology executive who co-founded and currently co-leads Giga. Giga is a partnership between UNICEF and ITU that is working to connect every school in the world to the internet.

His career has focused on how the intersection between new technology and global policy can solve the world’s most pressing problems and advance humanity. He has previously advised two UN Secretary-Generals on new technologies, founded and scaled UNICEF’s Innovation Unit, and worked with Heads of State and Fortune 100 CEOs to invest in responsible, forward-looking technologies.

Chris has built, invested in, and mentored technology companies from startup through multiple financing rounds and exits. He has led teams that developed some of the largest implementations of open-source software in the world, the first public-sector drone/UAV corridors, the first crypto-currency denominated fund in the public sector, and the Digital Public Goods Alliance with the Government of Norway.

He is a Commissioner for the Lancet-Financial Times, an Honorary Scholar at the Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts, a Board Member of the European Parliament’s STOA Centre for Artificial Intelligence. He was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People” in 2013 and as one of WIRED’s “25 People Changing the World” in 2019.

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  • Organization
    United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
  • Profession
    Co-Founder, Co-Lead - Giga
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