John Henry Silva
John Henry Silva (born 1980 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Veteran.
Government Service
Silva served in the USMC and served on Yankee White Duty at The White House during the Administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He served in over 25 domestic and international trips supporting Presidential Travel Operations. He is a recipient of the Presidential Service Badge.[1]
Entrepreneurship
Silva is a serial entrepreneur,[2][3][4] and previously worked with ReMed Life Sciences, a Shanghai-based regenerative medicine company,[5] Otsuki Consulting International ( 大槻コンサルティングインターナショナル ), a Tokyo-based strategy consulting firm, iRobot, a US-based robotics firm, Aga Khan Foundation, an international economic development organization, and Millhouse Capital, a London-based multi-family office.
He was named 40 Under 40 in Healthcare Innovation by Medtech Boston.[5]
Academia and Media
Silva has written and been featured in the Boston Globe,[6] [7][8] Le Courrier,[9] MIT Entrepreneurship Review,[10] Boston World Partnerships,[11] Harvard Crimson[1] and Bloomberg.[10][12][13] Previously he was a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He has published academic research at iRobot and Harvard Business School,.[14][15] He also was an editor for Humanism and Business, published by Cambridge University Press.[16]
Family and Education
Silva was born November 17, 1980 and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. His maternal and paternal family are political refugees from Gdańsk, Poland and Havana, Cuba respectively. His mother, Barbara Dworzycki, toured the Soviet Union in 1964 with the Oberlin College Choir.[17] His grandfather, Manuel Silva, was a friend of Ernest Hemingway.[18] His cousin, Al Montoya, is the first Cuban American in the National Hockey League.[19][20] Silva graduated from Hawthorne Scholastic Academy, New Trier High School and Harvard University, where he studied Classics.
See also
- Venture Capital
- Entrepreneurship
- Cuban-Americans
- Polish-Americans
- Merchant Banking
- Presidential Service Badge
- United States Marine Corps
- Harvard University
Notes
- 1 2 Soldiers Discuss Military Service | News | The Harvard Crimson
- ↑ http://www.sparksforchange.com/?p=15
- ↑ CitizenCompass: John Henry Silva « Dekhnstan
- ↑ On the Radar: Incunation, an Online Hang-out for Entrepreneurs - Innovation Economy - Boston.com
- 1 2 "Our 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators". MedTech Boston. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
- ↑
- ↑ Five Keys to Cross-Pollination Networking in Boston - Global Business Hub - Boston.com
- ↑ http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2013/02/06/party-lines/XxM3GHSMhiJhHcV8PlAZWO/picture.html
- ↑ http://www.faccne.org/networking-events/our-events/publications/faccne-quarterly-le-courrier/about-le-courrier/
- 1 2 MIT Entrepreneurship Review | The Interplay of Mind, Hand, and City: Investigating Urbanism and Entrepreneurship
- ↑ http://www.bostonworldpartnerships.com/2009/04/06/interview-with-pascal-marmier-consul-of-switzerland/
- ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=ONT:US&sid=aF7qFRwwgmQE
- ↑ Paul Kurtz
- ↑ http://www.johnehrenfeld.com/book/images/norton%20ariely%20actual%20vs%20ideal%20wealth%20distribution.pdf
- ↑ TechnoPolitic | Venture Café
- ↑ http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/98935/excerpt/9780521898935_excerpt.pdf
- ↑ Oberlin College Archives | Holdings | Finding Guides | RG # - Name (bdate-ddate) | Scope and Content
- ↑ Death Notice: MANUEL SILVA - Chicago Tribune
- ↑ alvaro montoya, espn, irene silva - Google zoeken
- ↑ Al Montoya estampa su huella cubana en el hockey - ESPN Deportes
External links
- John Henry Silva, MIT Entrepreneurship Review
- John Henry Silva, Harvard Crimson
- John Henry Silva, Cambridge University Press