Connor Diemand-Yauman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Connor Diemand-Yauman is co-founder and co-CEO of Merit America, which the New York Times described as “the hybrid future of training programs for the disadvantaged,” and serves on the faculty of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he teaches the intersection of leadership, levity, and organizational culture.
Prior to Merit America, Connor co-founded and led Philanthropy University (which merged with OneValley), and launched Coursera’s B2B line, now a $100M ARR business. Before that, he helped found “Speak Smart News,” an educational program distributed to millions of East Asian learners, and taught primary school in South Africa, South Korea, and Kenya.
Connor’s academic research has been cited in over 250 academic articles and covered by The Economist, BBC International, and the New York Times. Earlier in his career, Connor received the Pyne Prize, Princeton University’s highest distinction, and was named to Forbes’ 30 under 30 (though he haven’t been on any “under 30” lists for a few years now).
In his spare time, Connor enjoys boxing, cycling, and teaching inmates at San Francisco’s County Jail #1.
