Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

John Wood ( YUE HAN WU DE )

ISBN 10: 0670015431 / ISBN 13: 9780670015436

Published by Penguin, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670015431
• ISBN 13: 9780670015436
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: fine

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Synopsis

Book by John Wood

About the Author

John Wood worked for Microsoft for nine years and ran significant parts of the company's international business before quitting at age 35 to found the award-winning non-profit, Room to Read. Since its founding, Wood and Room to Read have established over 4,000 libraries, donated or published over 4 million books, built more than 400 schools, and funded nearly 4,000 longterm girls' scholarships--impacting the lives of more than one million children worldwide. The organization plans to expand to at least 20,000 libraries and schools by the year 2020. John strives to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the non-profit sector. he has been described by Fast Company magazine as "all heart, all business," and by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world." He has been selected as a "Young Global leader" by the World Economic Forum, is a recipient of the Draper Richards fellowship for social entrpreneurs and two Skoll Foundation awards for social entrepreneurship, and was selected by Time Magazine as one of its Asian Heroes. he is also a Henry Crown fellow of the Aspen Institute.