About Me: Asheesh is the President and CEO of Junior Achievement (JA)
Worldwide, one of the largest NGOs in the world dedicated to
educating young people about financial literacy, entrepreneurship and
workforce readiness. With offices in over 100 countries, JA serves
more than 10 million young people annually with programs designed to
create pathways to employability. JA has over 110 million living
alumni worldwide, including many successful job creators and business
owners.
Asheesh is an accomplished technology entrepreneur, having served as
CEO of Covestor (acquired by Interactive Brokers) and CircleLending
(acquired by Virgin Group). He began his career as a consultant at the
Monitor Group followed by the World Bank and Thomson Reuters.
Raised in Toronto, Asheesh is an alumnus of JA Canada where he was
first exposed to entrepreneurship as a teenager participating in JA
programs. His experiences as an entrepreneur and leader were
chronicled in case studies at Babson College and at Harvard Business
School. Outside of his entrepreneurial activities, Asheesh has served as
a corporate executive, author of business books, active member of nonprofit
boards related to entrepreneurship education and financial
capability, and occasional commentator in media outlets such as the
Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, and the New York Times.
Asheesh is a graduate of the Wharton School and Oxford University,
where he was a Commonwealth Scholar. He is actively involved in the
World Economic Forum as a member of the Civil Society Advisory
Board, and the Stewardship Board for the Future of Education, Gender,
and Work.