John Delaney is an entrepreneur, business leader and public servant. In 2017, John was named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine. John served six years in the U.S. Congress and earned praise for his bipartisan approach to economic, foreign and climate policy. While in Congress he was co-president of his freshman class and served on the Financial Services and Joint Economic Committees while co-founding the Artificial Intelligence and Climate Solutions Caucuses. In 2019, John stepped down from Congress to pursue the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Before Congress and by the age of 40, John had founded and led two New York Stock Exchange-listed companies. In 1993, John founded HealthCare Financial Partners Inc., which provided loans to small to mid-sized healthcare service companies. In 2000, he founded CapitalSource Inc., which provided loans to a wide range of mid-sized businesses. More recently, John is the founder and chairman of Forbright Bank, a bank mission aligned around decarbonization.

John is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and was named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year. He has been a board member of numerous private and nonprofit entities, including a past member of the Board of Directors of Georgetown University.