# Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Quest to Educate the World’s Children

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/07/leaving-microsoft-to-change-the-world-an-entrepreneurs-quest-to-educate-the-worlds-children/
- Published: 2013-04-07T21:48:43+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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In 1998 John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft . Then
a trip to Nepal inspired him to set up schools and libraries in the developing world.
Fuelled by the same drive that made him a top executive, Wood took his business 
acumen into the charity sector and created Room to Read, a stunningly effective 
organisation that has created a network of more than 2,000 schools and libraries
throughout Asia and Africa in only six years.

 

 

 

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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World chronicles John Wood’s incredible journey,
his first years at Microsoft, his life-changing decision to leave, and the adventure
that followed. Wood shares the methods he uses to manage Room to Read, taken from
the boardroom of one of the world’s most influential companies and applied successfully
in a very different setting. His story is an inspirational example of how to create
success on your own terms and change your world.

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