John M. Larson

Jack has over 40 years of experience in private and for-profit higher education and is the founder of Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO), one of the world’s largest higher education organizations. Jack served as the company’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Under his leadership, Career Education acquired renowned brands, including Le Cordon Bleu Schools North America, and pioneered its unique virtual campus which was adopted in other highly successful, fully online platforms. Jack is an original investor and current member of the Board of Directors for 2U (NASDAQ: TWOU), which provides online curriculum development for leading US universities. He also serves as a board member for The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Jack was an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” and was selected as one of the first inductees to the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business “Haas Hall of Fame”. He currently sponsors scholarships at the Hass School of Business to support entrepreneurship, as well as Berkeley’s School of Information in support of big data development.