I believe the best things in life often happen by chance. After earning my MBA from Columbia University, I worked in investment banking across the globe. A midcareer sabbatical transformed my path as I fell in love, traveled the world with my late wife, Jackie, and eventually started a family. I left finance to farm wine grapes and olives and to build my life’s work: Caravan to Class, a foundation that brings access to education for youth in West Africa. Caravan to Class’s anchor program, Bourse Jackie scholarships for young women, is named in honor of my late wife.
After losing Jackie in 2017, I devoted myself to this mission and to a new chapter of exploration. I have since traveled to every country in the world. I live in Sausalito, California, and am the proud father of two adult sons, Benjamin and Daniel.
