JER

Jean Emmanuel Rodocanachi

GRANDIR group

CEO & founder

Biography

John Rodocanachi is the Founder & CEO of Grandir, a global early education organization operating 1,200 nurseries, preschools, and summer camps across Europe, India, and North America. Over the past 20 years, Grandir has developed its signature 5C curriculum, centered on five key competencies for 21st-century learning. The organization serves families, governments, and businesses, partnering with more than 100 Fortune Global 500 companies, and is recognized as both a Great Place to Work and a mission-driven organization. John is a graduate of HEC Paris and the Harvard Institute for Child Care Design. He also chairs a not-for-profit children foundation for underprivileged families and the Grandir Academy for early childhood professionals. John was named France's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2021 and is the author of Mieux Grandir, which explores the future of quality early education amid declining birth rates.