Sabah Khan leads People Strategy and DEIB at Stripe, shaping the work experience for over 10, 000 employees. With a background that includes serving as Director of MBA Admissions at Stanford GSB and earning an MA from Tufts University, she has over 15 years of experience building equitable systems at scale.
Driven by a mission to expand access to opportunity, her interests extend to global human rights, demonstrated by her Masters thesis on protecting refugee work rights in Kenya. She also has a stated interest in the creative storytelling of companies like Lucasfilm.
Unique fact: While at Stanford, she was instrumental in admitting the most diverse class in the business schools history.
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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
People Strategy and Enablement
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview
How Sabah shows up
Fast But Analytical
Thorough Evaluator
Hard To Convince
They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service
Priorities
Topics Sabah cares about
DEI Strategy
Designed and led Stripe's first company-wide DEIB strategy and previously headed diversity strategy for Stanford's MBA program.
Scaling People Systems
Drives strategy and operations for Stripe's People team, navigating 4x organizational growth and impacting over 10, 000 employees.
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Career
Work history
1-2025
People Strategy and Enablement
Stripe
1-2021
Head of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Stripe
2017 - 1-2021
Director, MBA Admissions
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2015 - 2017
Associate Director, MBA Admissions
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
2011 - 2015
Assistant Director, MBA Admissions
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
In the press
Media appearances
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Education
2020 - 2020
Equity by Design: Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations (Course Audit)
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MA Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Leading and Governing High Performing Nonprofits (Academic Exchange)
Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.
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