John Wood’s Top Ten Books of 2020
Dear Friends: I’ve had more difficulty than usual putting together this year’s Top Ten list. I read more books than I ever have in a...
Inspiring Business for Good
“I believe we were put on this earth to do more than just make money.
Our careers can and should stand for something bigger than just ourselves.”
John Wood is the Founder of Room to Read, one of the fastest-growing social enterprises in world history that has brought the lifelong gift of education to over 18 million children in 17 countries across the developing world. John has published five books, including the best-selling Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, which was chosen by Amazon as one of the Top Ten Business Books of 2006. Goldman Sachs named him one of the World’s 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and he was awarded Microsoft’s Alumnus of the Year by Bill and Melinda Gates. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. John is a frequent contributor to the BBC and CNBC.
Inspiring through Purpose
John is a popular speaker whose talks focus on leadership, scaling organizations, and the intersection of purpose and profitability. With hundreds of successful engagements over the years, his elite client list includes Bloomberg, Clinton Global Initiative, Credit Suisse, Facebook, Fidelity, the Financial Times, Google, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter, UBS, the Wall Street Journal and the World Economic Forum.
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