1. Matthew Barzun is a business executive who is known for his work with CNET Networks and for his fundraising work on Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
18 Facts About Matthew Barzun
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Matthew Barzun served as United States Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2011.
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Matthew Barzun was selected by President Barack Obama as National Finance Chair for the president's 2012 re-election campaign.
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Matthew Barzun is author of The Power of Giving Away Power from Optimism Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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Matthew Barzun grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts and attended St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire.
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Matthew Barzun holds honorary degrees from University of Warwick and De Montfort University and an honorary fellowship from University College London.
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Matthew Barzun was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden on August 12,2009, and presented his credentials to King Carl XVI Gustaf on August 21,2009.
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Matthew Barzun prioritized outreach and personal engagement, launching the US Embassy Road Show that brings embassy personnel, resources, and exhibits out of Stockholm to smaller cities and towns.
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President Obama nominated Matthew Barzun to be the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2013.
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Matthew Barzun presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II on November 27,2013.
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Matthew Barzun set up the Young Leaders UK programme whilst in office, which allowed him to communicate and speak with young people from across the United Kingdom.
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In January 2017, Matthew Barzun announced that he was to leave as Ambassador before Donald Trump took office.
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Matthew Barzun left the UK on 18 January 2017, moving back to Kentucky.
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Matthew Barzun co-founded Tortoise Media in 2018 with James Harding and Katie Vanneck-Smith.
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Matthew Barzun is a descendant of Lucretia Mott, a proponent of women's rights, John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the city of Boston, and A Lawrence Lowell, former president of Harvard University.
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Matthew Barzun's grandfather was the renowned French-born American cultural historian and former Columbia University professor, Jacques Barzun.
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Matthew Barzun's younger brother, Charles Barzun, is a tenured professor of law at the University of Virginia School of Law.
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Matthew Barzun is married to Brooke Brown Matthew Barzun, heiress of the Brown-Forman Corporation distilling empire, which includes the brands Jack Daniel's and Woodford Reserve.