Christopher Schroeder

Christopher Schroeder is a senior advisor to the Global Entrepreneurship Network where he provides counsel and advice on programming decisions globally, but with emphasis on emerging economies. Schroeder is a renowned personal angel investor; co-founded Next Billion Ventures; an advisor and network partner of Silicon Valley’s Village Global; and is an LP in among the leading VC funds in the world. He serves on the investment committee of several global funds, including Saudi Telecom Ventures, and advices policy makers a around the world in tech investment and economic shifts. He co-led the Economic Recovery and Revitalization working group of the Atlantic Council's Middle East Strategy Task Force, co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and Steve Hadley. Previously, Schroeder was the CEO washingtonpost.com and co-founded the Sequoia backed startup HealthCentral.com, sold in 2012 among other tech enterprises. Schroeder serves on the boards of the German Marshall Fund and American Council of Germany, and has served on the boards/advisory boards of The American University of Beirut; The American University School of International Service among others; and member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He writes and speaks extensively on startups and innovation for The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Fortune, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Business Insider among many others, and has been featured regularly on CNN, CNBC and other news programming.  He is the author of the best seller, and first book on startups in the Arab world, Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East, with a forward by Marc Andreessen of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Schroeder is one of LinkedIn's first 50 Influencers where he and his blog there (and on Substack) reaches over 800,000 followers. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Business School.