An Accident of Geography: Compassion, Innovation and the Fight Against Poverty - Hardcover

Richard C. Blum is the founder and chairman of the University of California’s Blum Center for Developing Economies, founder and chairman of the American Himalayan Foundation, Honorary Consul to Nepal and founding trustee of the Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty. A private-equity investor, he is founding partner and chairman of San Francisco-based Blum Capital Partners, a founding partner of Latitude Capital Partners, and former chairman of CBRE Group. He was co-founder and partner for several years in Newbridge Capital, an investment group focused on Asia. 

Richard has been a Regent of the University of California since 2002, serving more than two years as chairman, and is on the advisory board of UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where he earned undergraduate and master’s degrees. He is married to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, of California, and serves on the boards of The Carter Center, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the President’s Global Development Council, and Central European University, among other organizations.  

Thomas C. Hayes is a principal with Finsbury, a global consulting firm in strategic communications, and a former award-winning New York Times economic correspondent. This is his fourth book, collaborating on each as writer with authors in business, investing, management and philanthropy. He and his wife live in Bethel, Connecticut.