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Brett Wigdortz was born on 1973 in Ocean Township, New Jersey, United States, is a Brett Harris Wigdortz OBE is Founder and Honorary President of Teach First. Discover Brett Wigdortz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Occupation Founder of Teach First Social entrepreneur
Age 51 years old
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Born 1973
Birthday 1973
Birthplace Ocean Township, New Jersey, United States
Nationality United States

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1973

Brett Harris Wigdortz OBE (born in 1973) is the Founder and Honorary President of Teach First, an educational charity working to break the link between low family income and poor educational attainment in England and Wales.

1989

He is co-founder and was Deputy CEO and for 12 years a trustee of Teach For All, a global charity created with Wendy Kopp (who also founded Teach For America in 1989) to help social entrepreneurs in other countries start similar programs and create a global network of social enterprises dedicated to addressing educational disadvantage.

He is currently the co-founder and CEO of tiney.co, a software driven childcare company whose mission is to revolutionise the world’s childcare, and solve the early years crisis.

tiney.co are a tech-centric childminding agency focused on helping great educators operate successful early years settings from their homes.

Wigdortz was a founding trustee of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills which educates and empowers the next generation of diverse digital talent.

1995

he graduated with an Honours bachelor's degree in Economics and International Studies: Politics and Diplomacy from the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia in 1995, and a master's degree in Economics from the University of Hawaiʻi and a Masters Certificate in Asian Studies from the East–West Center in 1997.

While studying at the University of Hawaiʻi, he worked as a researcher at the East-West Centre in Honolulu, focusing on energy and economic development issues in Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands.

He co-authored a paper on future Asian energy flows ("China and Central Asia's Volatile Mix: Energy, Trade, and Ethnic Relations") and consulted for the State of Hawaii.

1998

During 1998, he worked as a journalist in Indonesia and Hong Kong, covering the Asian economic crisis and political changes in Indonesia.

1999

In 1999, he went on to develop South East Asia policy and business programmes at the Asia Society in New York City.

2000

In 2000, Wigdortz joined McKinsey & Company as a consultant in Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines, focusing on retail banking, organisational effectiveness, and Asian microfinance.

2001

In August 2001, Wigdortz transferred to McKinsey's London office and was placed on a pro bono study for business organisations London First and Business in the Community to look at how their business members could help improve results in London schools.

2002

He founded Teach First and was its CEO from its launch in 2002 until October 2017.

He is originally from Ocean Township, New Jersey, United States and is a dual US/UK citizen.

It was during this project that he wrote the original business plan for Teach First and then took what was originally planned as a six-month leave of absence in February 2002 to develop and build support for the idea.

In July 2002, Teach First officially launched in Canary Wharf, with a team of 11 employees and with Stephen O'Brien CBE and George Iacobescu CBE as co-chairs of the Board of Trustees.

After the launch, Wigdortz continued to lead the organisation as CEO.

2007

In 2007, Wigdortz was named the UK Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2011 CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) European Leadership Award for his entrepreneurial success and outstanding efforts in promoting and supporting education.

2012

In 2012, he founded and continues to serve on the board of the Fair Education Alliance, which was incubated in Teach First until spinning out in 2019.

Wigdortz was also awarded "Charity Principal of the Year" at the Charity Times Awards 2012.

He was particularly recognised by the judges "for his vision, tenacity and commitment to social change."

The Evening Standard named him one of the 1,000 most influential Londoners.

It was named WHSmith's Business Book of the Month in September 2012.

2013

He was appointed an OBE (Officer in the Order of the British Empire) for services to education in the 2013 New Year's Honours list.

In 2013–2023, Teach First was one of the largest graduate recruiter in the UK, with over 1,400 new participants a year.

2015

In 2015, Wigdortz was named one of the "Debrett's 500" most influential people in the UK.

2016

In 2016, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Warwick, from Birmingham City University in 2017 and the Open University in 2019.

2018

In 2018, he worked with Jamie Oliver to found and is currently on the board of Bite Back 2030, a movement of young people who are campaigning for a healthier generation.

Wigdortz grew up in Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

In July 2018 Wigdortz was appointed as the chairman of the board of the National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust, the public body responsible for the management of the government's NCS programme, following its reconstitution as a Royal Charter Body.

In July 2021, Wigdortz was re-appointed for another 2 year term.

In 2022, NCS grew to over 100,000 participants, carrying out a significant organisational restructure that ensured it was set up to deliver a new strategy.

Wigdortz completed his second term on 11 July 2023 and was succeeded by Harris Bokhari OBE.

Wigdortz is married and lives in North London with his three children.

He has travelled to over 70 countries in the past 18 years.

He has also written a book, about the first decade of Teach First as a guide to other entrepreneurs, entitled Success Against the Odds – Five lessons in how to achieve the impossible; the story of Teach First.