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David Risher was born on 15 July, 1965 in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Discover David Risher's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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CEO of Lyft |
| Age |
59 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
15 July, 1965 |
| Birthday |
15 July |
| Birthplace |
Washington, DC |
| Nationality |
United States |
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David Risher Height, Weight & Measurements
At 59 years old, David Risher height not available right now. We will update David Risher's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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David Risher Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is David Risher worth at the age of 59 years old? David Risher’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United States. We have estimated
David Risher's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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David Risher Social Network
Timeline
In May 2020, Risher and his wife, author Jennifer Risher, created the HalfMyDAF challenge, with a goal of motivating donors to increase their charitable giving from Donor Advised Funds. Within 24 hours of the challenge's launch, donors had committed over $400,000 to support non-profits.
At Microsoft, Risher was General Manager in charge of launching the company’s first database product, Access. He went on to found and manage Microsoft Investor. In 1997, he left Microsoft over Bill Gates' objections to join Amazon.com as its first Vice President of Product and Store development. He later served as the company’s Senior Vice President, US Retail, leading the marketing and expanding into new categories to grow Amazon’s retail sales from $15 million to $4 billion. As a tribute to Risher's leadership, Jeff Bezos created a hidden perpetual "easter egg" on the Amazon website when he left the company.
Worldreader is a US-based 501(c)(3) and European public charity that believes that “readers build a better world.” In March 2010, Worldreader launched a trial in Ayenyah, Ghana. Worldreader reports that, after receiving positive results, they were granted permission from Ghana’s Ministry of Education to distribute e-readers to additional schools in Ghana. Since then, the organization has helped 13 million readers.
After leaving Amazon in 2002, Risher taught at the University of Washington’s Foster Business School, where he created the University’s course on “Competing on the Internet.” He was elected Professor of the Year in 2004.
Risher served as an executive at Microsoft Corporation, and was Senior Vice President of US Retail at Amazon.com from 1997 to 2002. In November 2009, together with Colin McElwee, he founded Worldreader.
After graduating from college, he worked at L.E.K. Consulting, He bicycled across the United States before entering Harvard Business School, from which he graduated in 1991.
In 1987 he graduated from Princeton University, where he majored in Comparative Literature and wrote his thesis on “The Changing Attitudes towards Language in Samuel Beckett’s early Metafiction.”
John David Risher (born July 15, 1965) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Worldreader, a non-profit organization that aims to bring digital books to the developing world through mobile phones and e-readers.
