Chris Anderson (entrepreneur)
Chris Anderson (born 1957) is a British-American businessman who is the head of TED,[1] a non-profit organization that provides idea-based talks and hosts an annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Previously he founded Future Publishing.
For the former editor of Wired magazine, see Chris Anderson (writer).
Chris Anderson
Early life and education[edit]
Anderson was born to British parents in Pakistan in 1957.[2] His father was "an eye surgeon and evangelical Christian", and ran a mobile hospital in rural Pakistan.[3] He has two sisters, and is the middle child.[3]
He studied at Woodstock School in the Himalayan mountains of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India briefly, before moving to Monkton Combe School, a boarding school near Bath, England.[4][5] At the University of Oxford, Anderson initially studied physics before changing to philosophy, politics and economics, and graduated in 1978.[2][6]
Personal life[edit]
Anderson married Lucy Evans. Together they had three daughters, Zoe, Elizabeth and Anna, before their divorce.[20] The eldest, Zoe, died in 2010 at age 24, from carbon monoxide poisoning due to an improperly-installed bathroom boiler.[20][21]
In 2008, Anderson married Jacqueline Novogratz. She is the founder and CEO of Acumen, an organization that pioneered social impact investing.[22]