Gary has spent three decades as a CEO and board member of high-growth, private and venture-backed companies across the globe, and now works as an operating partner alongside boards and management teams. He was CEO of Corbis and the founding CEO and Executive Chairman of BEN (the Branded Entertainment Network), both Bill Gates-owned businesses. He has been a trustee of education charities in the UK and US for over twenty years, including University Prep in Seattle, and was Board Chair of The Painted Brain in Los Angeles. Football instilled the discipline that shaped Gary’s own life, and he is passionate about Greenhouse because he believes every child deserves that same opportunity.