John Thornton

John Thornton is the Executive Chairman of Barrick Gold, the leading gold mining company in the world, the Co-Chairman of The Asia Society, and Chairman of PineBridge Investments. He retired in 2003 as President and member of the Board of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. He serves as a Director of the Ford Motor Company. Thornton is Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Morehouse College and a trustee, advisory board member, and member of the China Investment Corporation (CIC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, McKinsey Advisory Council, and Schwarzman Scholars. Thornton holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College, a degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University, and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Management.