Barry O'Callaghan
Businessman, Chairman and CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
About Barry O'Callaghan
Born 1969. Barry O'Callaghan is an investment banker.
Rise Global In 2011, Rise Global purchased the Chinese business of Houghton Mifflin and O'Callaghan became CEO of Rise Global, which teaches English to people in Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere. He personally owns exclusive rights to some of HMH’s educational materials for teaching the English language. He sold the Rise China Chinese business to Bain Capital for 14 times its annual profit due to Chinese legal restrictions on foreigners owning educational assets in China.
Personal life O'Callaghan met his wife, Geraldine McGeough, at Trinity College. They have three daughters and a son.
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businessman, Chairman and CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Barry O'Callaghan was born in 1969.
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Barry O'Callaghan is an investment banker.
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