John Wood
American activist (born 1964)
John J. Wood (born 1963 or 1964) is an American activist. In 2000, Wood founded the global literacy and education charity Room to Read.2
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Born Jan 29, 1964.1
About
In 2021, Wood founded the nonprofit U-Go to fund women's postsecondary education.
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Companies
- Room to ReadFounder9
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Colorado3
- Date not recordedNorthwestern University3
- Date not recordedKellogg School of Management3
John Wood was born in 1963 or 1964. He spent his childhood in Connecticut and Athens, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1986 and graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management in 1989. After a "stint" in commercial banking, Wood worked for Microsoft. His last position in 1999 was Greater China director of business development.
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Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.5
- Date not recordedFounded Room to Read4
Personal life
In 2010, Wood lived in San Francisco. In 2022, Wood said in an interview that he left Hong Kong after eight years due to the COVID policy and the national security law.
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- 1WikidataJohn Wood on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJohn Wood on Wikipedia
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- 9WikidataRoom to Read, Founder