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John J. Wood (born January 29, 1964) is the Founder of two global education charities: Room to Read and U-Go. Wood started Room to Read in 2000 after quitting his executive position as Microsoft's Director of Business Development for the Greater China Region. Along with his co-founders Erin Ganju and Dinesh Shrestha, he built out a global team that has raised over $750 million in funding commitments and has brought education programs to over 26 million children in 20 low income countries.

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rdfs:label	جون وود (رائد أعمال) (ar) John Wood (activist) (en) John Wood (attivista) (it) 존 우드 (활동가) (ko) ジョン・ウッド (ルーム・トゥ・リード) (ja) John Wood (pt) Вуд, Джон (активист) (ru)
rdfs:comment	جون وود (بالإنجليزية: John Wood)‏ هو رائد أعمال أمريكي، ولد في 29 يناير 1964 في سان فرانسيسكو في الولايات المتحدة. (ar) John J Wood (San Francisco, 29 gennaio 1964) è un attivista statunitense.Fondatore e presidente esecutivo di Room to Read, un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro dedicata a combattere la povertà nel mondo attraverso il potere dell'istruzione, è anche l'autore di Leaving Microsoft to Change the World (Harper Collins, settembre 2006). (it) 존 J. 우드(John J. Wood, 1964년 1월 ~ )는 룸투리드의 설립자이다. (ko) ジョン・ウッド（英語: John Wood、1964年 ‐ ）は、アメリカ合衆国のハートフォード出身の非営利団体、ルーム・トゥ・リードの創設者、最高経営責任者。彼が設立したルーム・トゥ・リードはネパール、ラオス、スリランカ、ベトナム、カンボジアなどの第三世界や発展途上国の恵まれない子供たちに対して、本の寄贈や学校の設立、図書館やコンピュータールームの設置などを行っている。かつてはノースウェスタン大学のケロッグ経営大学院で経営学修士(MBA)を習得、大学卒業後はマイクロソフトへと就職した。また自伝にLeaving Microsoft to Change the World (邦題「マイクロソフトでは出会えなかった天職僕はこうして社会起業家になった」、訳)があり、ネパールへ初めて旅行しに行った時のことや、いかにして高給のマイクロソフトの会社を辞めてルーム・トゥ・リード設立に至ったかが述べられている。 (ja) John Wood é o fundador e CEO da organização sem fins lucrativos Room to Read. Chamado pela revista Time de "herói asiático" e agraciado três vezes com o Prêmio Capitalista Social da Fast Company/Monitor Group, o americano John Wood é formado em Economia pela Universidade do Colorado e possui MBA da Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern). Trabalhou vários anos na área financeira antes de se juntar à Microsoft, em 1991. Em 2000, ele criou a Room to Read, uma ONG que está presente noNepal, no Vietnã, no Camboja, na Índia, no Sri Lanka, no Laos e na África do Sul. (pt) Джон Вуд (англ. John Wood; род. 1964, Хартфорд, США) — американский предприниматель и социальный активист. Основатель некоммерческой организации «Room to Read», которая стремится улучшить грамотность и гендерное равенство в системе образования развивающихся стран. «Room to Read» действует в десяти странах Азии и Африки, предоставив доступ к образованию более 8,8 млн детям. Вуд бывший маркетолог компании «Майкрософт» и автор двух книг «Leaving Microsoft to Change the World» и «Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy». (ru) John J. Wood (born January 29, 1964) is the Founder of two global education charities: Room to Read and U-Go. Wood started Room to Read in 2000 after quitting his executive position as Microsoft's Director of Business Development for the Greater China Region. Along with his co-founders Erin Ganju and Dinesh Shrestha, he built out a global team that has raised over $750 million in funding commitments and has brought education programs to over 26 million children in 20 low income countries. (en)
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