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Rachel Romer
American businesswoman (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rachel Romer (born 1988) is the co-founder and former CEO of Guild.
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Early life and education
Rachel Romer is the daughter of former Colorado State Senator and charter school investor Chris Romer, and a granddaughter of former Colorado Governor Roy Romer.[1][2] Governor Romer was instrumental in the formation and growth of Western Governors University. As a child, she sometimes attended and participated in her grandfather's campaign, and in 2011 worked as the finance director for her father's unsuccessful mayoral campaign.[1][2]
She completed an undergraduate degree, and also an MBA and an MA in education at Stanford University.[2][3][4] While at Stanford, she took a break to work for the Obama administration.[5] She also worked with her father on issues related to access to higher education.[5]
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After graduation, Romer worked for American Honors, an organization co-founded by her father that coaches community college students, and The Parthenon Group, Ernst & Young's global strategy consulting arm, as well as the Obama campaign and the Office of Presidential Personnel in the Obama administration.[3][4] She was the chief executive of Student Blueprint,[6] an app she created while at Stanford during her MBA program to help community college students find jobs.[1]
In 2015, at the age of 27, Romer co-founded Guild Education with her former classmate Brittany Stich,[3] after she conducted research for two years with Stich into low graduation rates,[7][1] In 2019, the organization became valued at over $1 billion.[8] In 2020, it was listed as a CNBC Top 50 disruptor.[9]
In March 2020, Romer co-authored an open letter, signed by more than 450 other CEOs and investors, advocating for business leaders to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11][12] She is a co-founder and strategic advisor for the organization Stop The Spread.[13]
In June 2021 Guild Education was valued at $3.7 billion.[14] Romer's personal wealth was estimated to be $570 million in 2022.[15] In 2023, Forbes estimated her net worth to be $320 million.[16]
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Personal life
In 2014, Rachel Romer married David Carlson.[19] She has 2 daughters.[3] In 2023, she divorced and suffered a stroke.[20]
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