Evan Marwell is founder and CEO of EducationSuperHighway, the leading non-profit focused on upgrading the Internet access in every public school classroom in America. Since its launch in 2012, EducationSuperHighway has helped connect 35 million students to the broadband they need for digital learning. In addition, the organization has secured commitments from 46 governors to upgrade their schools for the 21st century and $2.5 billion per year of federal funding to make these commitments a reality.
A recipient of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Visionary of the Year award and a serial entrepreneur, Evan launched companies over the last 25 years in the telecom, software, hedge fund, and consumer retailing industries including INFONXX and Criterion Capital Management. Collectively, these businesses created thousands of jobs and generated billions of dollars in revenue and investment returns.
Evan is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. He is the past board president of the Katherine Delmar Burkes School and is currently board chair of myAgro, an NGO helping smallholder farmers in Africa move out of poverty.
Early Childhood to Primary EducationEconomic OpportunityEducationSecondary EducationSmallholder ProductivityYouth Job Skills
Eastern Asia, North America, West and Central Africa
