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John is the founder of two globe-spanning education NGO's -- Room to Read (founded in 2000) and U-Go (launched in 2022). He began his second life as a social entrepreneur after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft, with his final posting as the director of business development for the greater China region.
At Room to Read, John built and led the global teams that raised over $800 million of philanthropic capital and brought education programs to over 30 million children in 20 low-income countries. He launched U-Go because so many young women in the Room to Read programs wanted to continue onward to university. U-Go will have awarded long-term university scholarships to over 4,000 young women by EOY 2024.
John also serves on the Board of Asia Partners, a Singapore-based and ASEAN-focused private equity fund. He is the Asia Partner with Concentric Equity, a $3 billion Chicago-based fund, and a Senior Advisor to Hong Kong-based Green Monday Holdings. John served four years on the Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative and was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He was also named by Goldman Sachs as one of the world’s 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. John is a 2007 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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