Charlie is the President and Co-founder of the Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), which has advanced a powerful new model of wildlife conservation. Charlie retired early as a successful Stanford-educated entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. He founded software company Rubicon Technology in 1989 and sold it in 1994. As a philanthropist, Charlie quickly became frustrated by the lack of transparency, efficiency, and collaboration in the wildlife conservation space. This, combined with a commitment to supporting community based conservation, led Charlie and his co-founders to create the Wildlife Conservation Network in 2002. The synthesis of creativity and practicality in Charlie’s approach has inspired thousands of passionate donors, as well as a rising generation of conservation pioneers.