Founder of Education is Freedom and Education is Freedom Foundation, James W. Keyes is a businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies and presently occupies the position of Executive Chairman of C5 Capital Ltd. and Chairman of Wild Oats Marketplace LLC.

He is also Member-Overseers Board at Columbia Business School and on the board of 10 other companies.

In the past he occupied the position of Chairman of Dallas Symphony Association, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Wild Oats LLC, Advisor at City Light Capital LLC, Operating Partner at CIC Partners LP, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Blockbuster, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of 7-Eleven, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer at Fresh & Easy LLC.

Mr. Keyes received an undergraduate degree from College of the Holy Cross (Massachusetts), a graduate degree from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Columbia Business School.