16 Facts About Ken Howery

Kenneth Alan Howery is an American entrepreneur and diplomat.

Ken Howery is a co-founder of PayPal and Founders Fund.

Ken Howery served as the US ambassador to Sweden from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump.

Ken Howery then rejoined Thiel in 2004 at Clarium Capital Management, where he served as vice president of private equity, as well as a member of the research and trading teams.

Ken Howery has served on the boards of Quantcast and ZocDoc.

Ken Howery has lectured on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and Stanford, and has helped students at UC Berkeley and the McCombs School of Business develop business models.

Ken Howery is a member of The Explorers Club, a non-profit group that promotes scientific exploration.

Ken Howery is an advisor to Kiva, a 501 charity organization which enables people to lend money via the Internet to low-income entrepreneurs and students in over 80 countries.

Ken Howery is a member of the US Council on Competitiveness, which has a stated goal of increasing the United States' economic competitiveness in the global marketplace.

On January 16,2019, Ken Howery was nominated by President Donald Trump to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Ken Howery engaged with Swedish officials on defense issues and military strategy, including pressing for increased interoperability of US and Swedish military systems.

Ken Howery promoted increased cooperation, including on security issues, between the US and Sweden in the Arctic.

Ken Howery advocated for the importance of transparency and information-sharing between countries to respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ken Howery led efforts by US Embassy Stockholm to assist Swedish manufacturer Getinge with supply chain issues, helping it to expand production of ventilators for the benefit of COVID-19 patients in the United States and around the world.

Ken Howery engaged with the Swedish academic community, including on the role universities can play in entrepreneurship and the importance of academic integrity.

Ken Howery conducted outreach to the US and Swedish business communities in Sweden, including delivering speeches at the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce.