I always struggle to find the next thing to say about me. there must be something or someone more interesting than me, what I do, accomplishments or where I am from. Perhaps we can start with how I see myself. I’m human with a relentless positude attitude, an outsider and an expert generalist. This combination has led me to pursue what I call a “non-career” career. A journey of internal mastery. I love success just like the next guy. I simply don’t want to get enslaved by it. I am trained as an Engineer. When it comes to music, fashion and putting up events I am an artist. I also have a deep obsession with the systems of power and how they work. I call them [P.I.M.P.] Power, Influence, Money, and politics.

Now, I am going to stop here before I tell you all my darkest secrets. Very nice to meet you. I am a non-stop dreamer with the burning ambition to keep on thinking outside the box, continuously challenging my-self and the surrounding in order to improve both. If you want to read more about my accomplishments, degrees, awards and other things of this nature, click the next

WHO IS Chris Ategeka?

a) an engineer
b) an entrepreneur
c) an author
d) an Impact Investor
e) a philanthropist.
f) a human
g) ALL the above

The answer is g. All the above. Chris is the author of a dozen books. Before that, he founded multiple companies in Silicon Valley most notably, UCOT, Privail, and Health Access Corps. He serves on the board of YES Uganda, a non-profit that empowers orphaned and vulnerable youth to become self-reliant and successful members of the community. Chris is one of the many lucky recipients of the organization. Chris also serves on the board of Health Access Corps, a company that focuses on strengthening healthcare systems in Africa using local talent to combat the extreme shortage of healthcare services in underserved regions. He is a mentor at Techstars Incubator and Unreasonable Institute, whose aim is to give altruistic entrepreneurs skills and funding to affect large-scale change.

In addition, he has served on the evaluation panels for X-Prize and Lever of change. X-Prizes are public competitions to spark tech innovation that tackles major global challenges which has committed over $341 million in prizes so far.
Lever of Change is a program that identifies top community-led organizations serving high-need areas for $1-2 million awards, part of a $640 million trust-based giving initiative by MacKenzie Scott, Yield Giving, and most recent “Action for Women’s Health” open call by Melinda French Gates, a $250M global initiative funding organizations advancing women’s mental and physical health.

Chris has won many international honors for his work. He was named on Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30" list, as well as an Echoing Green Fellow, Ashoka Fellow, TED Fellow, and the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Most recently, he was honored at his alma mater by Chancellor Carol Christ and the UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees with a 2021 Mark Bingham Award for excellence in achievement by a young alumnus in the last ten years. Chris acquired his education from the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in mechanical engineering.