John Borthwick
Type of Fellow: Research Fellow
Description: Borthwick's Blog
www.borthwick.com/weblog
John Borthwick is a technology investor currently in the process
of setting up an early stage fund -- something in-between microlending and an
operating company. Prior to this John was Senior Vice President of
Alliances and Technology Strategy for Time Warner Inc. His New York based team
was responsible for working with Time Warner's divisional CTO's to drive
technology strategy and form cross divisionsal technology deals with Microsoft,
Google, HP and Sony.
John came from AOL’s Advanced Services Group. This team
was formed in February 1997 when John sold his company to America Online. John's
company, WP-Studio, founded in 1994, was one of the first content studios in New
York's Silicon Alley. John holds an MBA from Wharton (1994) and an
undergraduate degree BA in Economics from Wesleyan University
(1987).