John Wood Room To Read Wife

Driven to help john quit his senior executive position with microsoft and built a global team to work with rural villages to build.

John wood room to read wife. He is the author of creating room to read. A former microsoft marketing executive wood left the company in 1999 to start the organization. He documented his decision and the creation of room to read in his memoir leaving microsoft to change the world. John wood is the founder of room to read an organization that believes world change starts with educated children through its work room to read has brought the lifelong gift of education to 16 6 million children in 16 countries.

John wood founder of room to read is convinced that changing the world starts with educating children. John wood worked for microsoft for nine years helping grow the company s international profile. I strongly believe in education. John wood is the founder and board co chair of room to read one of the fastest growing and award winning charities founded during this century.

At age 35 john left his position as director of business development for microsoft s greater china region to. Wood born january 29 1964 is the founder of room to read a global non profit organization focused on literacy and gender equality in education. An entrepreneur s odyssey to educate the world s children and the children s book zak the yak with books on. A story of hope in the battle for global literacy leaving microsoft to change the world.

To date room to read has opened over 1 500 schools and 13 600 libraries distributed.