Charles R. Conn

Charles R. Conn
Born (1961-08-22) 22 August 1961 (age 63)
Alma mater
OccupationChair (officer)
Notable work
  • Bulletproof Problem Solving: The One Skill That Changes Everything[1]
  • The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times[2]
Board member ofPatagonia, Inc.[3]
CEO of Oxford Sciences Innovation
In office
2019–2020
Preceded byDavid Norwood
Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford
In office
2013–2018
Preceded byAndrew Graham
Succeeded byElizabeth Kiss
Senior Advisor to the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
In office
2001–2013
CEO & Chairman, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch
In office
1998–2001
Co-Founder & CEO, Citysearch
In office
1995–1998
WebsiteProfile

Charles R. Conn (born 22 August 1961) is a Canadian and American[4] CEO, conservationist and author. In 2021 he co-founded and is partner of Monograph, a life sciences venture firm.[5] In 2019 he was the CEO of Oxford Sciences Innovation. Previously, he was the warden and global CEO of Rhodes House and the Rhodes Trust, the organization responsible for administering the Rhodes Scholarship from 2013 to 2018.[6]

He is Chair of Patagonia, Inc.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BulletproofProblemoSolvemo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference InperfectionistWC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Bryan, Kenza; Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew (2022-09-16). "Patagonia chair: 'Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Milton!'". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  4. ^ Fast Leader Show. "Charles Conn: You can easily take apart almost any problem". Fast Leader (Podcast). fastleader.net.
  5. ^ "Monograph Capital | Funding Groundbreaking Life Sciences Companies". Monograph. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  6. ^ E. Anthony Abrahams (1940-2011). "The Rhodes Scholarships". Rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)