“Third World seeks San Franciscan with big heart and unstoppable energy to solve intractable problem.” John Wood is answering the call.If John Wood’s crusade to create, in his words, “the world’s greatest literacy program” falls short of its goal of helping 10 million kids in the developing world learn to read by 2020, it won’t be for lack of trying. The CEO of Room to Read—an SF–based nonprofit the former tech executive started in 1999—estimates that he tells the story of the organization’s inception to thousands of people a week at gala dinners and other charitable events in an effort to rake in the Benjamins.
