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Founder, Chairman & CEO
John Hope Bryant is an American entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and prominent thought leader on financial inclusion, economic empowerment and financial dignity. Mr. Bryant is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, Inc., the largest non-profit, best-in-class provider of financial
literacy, and economic empowerment services in the United States for youth and adults. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Bryant Group Ventures, and Founder and Principal of The Promise Homes Company, which is the largest minority-controlled owner of single-family rental homes in the U.S.
John Hope Bryant is named as one of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “The Power 100: Most
Influential Atlantans of 2020”, and Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Most Admired CEOs” in 2018,
American Banker magazine's 2016 “Innovator of the Year”, and one of Time magazine’s “50
Leaders for the Future." The last five United States Presidents have recognized his work, and he
has served as an advisor to the last three sitting U.S. Presidents from both political parties. He is
responsible for financial literacy becoming the policy of the U.S. federal government. He has
received hundreds of awards and citations for his work, including Oprah Winfrey’s Use Your Life
Award, and the John Sherman Award for Excellence in Financial Education from the U.S.
Treasury. Mr. Bryant also received an honorable mention in Inc. magazine’s “The World’s 10
Top CEOs” article that spotlights global servant leaders as the visionaries behind some of the
most successful organizations.
John Hope Bryant is author of the bestsellers; The Memo: Five Rules for Your Economic
Liberation (Berrett-Koehler, September 2017), How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding
the Path to the Middle Class (Berrett-Koehler, 2014), and LOVE LEADERSHIP: The New Way to
Lead in a Fear-Based World (Jossey-Bass, 2009). His most recent book Up From Nothing: The
Untold Story of How we (All) Succeed, will be published October 6, 2020. He is one of the only
bestselling authors on economics and business leadership in the world today who happens to
also be African-American.
