Jonathan Starr

Jonathan Starr authored It Takes A School, published by Macmillan Henry Holt in February 2017. It tells the story of Jonathan’s founding and heading the Abaarso School of Science and Technology, a nonprofit educational organization in Somaliland. Abaarso School has broken a decades long drought in Somali education with unprecedented success, including placing students at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, and MIT. In total the school has sent 150 students to continue their education globally. Abaarso’s success has been covered by CBS’s 60 Minutes, MSBNC’s Morning Joe, Bloomberg’s BusinessWeek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBC’s The Current, and BBC. In 2017, Jonathan co-founded Barwaaqo University in Somaliland, the first all-female boarding university in the area. In 2019, he co-founded Kaabe Schools, with the mission of spreading high quality Montessori-inspired K-12 education throughout Somaliland and beyond. Jonathan has spoken at The World Bank, The Nantucket Project, and several school campuses. In 2018, he spoke at Marist College as part of Marist selecting It Takes a School as its first-year jordan luka 3 colorways release dates student required reading. From 2004 – 2008, Jonathan founded and led Flagg Street Capital, a private investment firm that managed $170 million of investor assets. Prior to Flagg Street, Jonathan worked at SAB Capital, Blavin and Company, and Fidelity Investments. In addition to his full-time professional responsibilities, Jonathan sat on the Board of Directors of Pomeroy IT Solutions, a publicly traded US information technology company. Jonathan graduated from Emory University, where he received a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Economics and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa nike foamposite shoe history Nike Air Jordan 1 Mid Khaki , DysongroupShops° , Official Images // Air Jordan Jordan 10 Retro PS 'Powder Blue' "Valentine's Day".