James Rhee
Investor, educator and author
James Rhee is an American investor and educator who became chairman and CEO of the fashion retailer Ashley Stewart. He tells his story in Red helicopter.
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About James Rhee
James Rhee is an American investor, executive, educator and author. He began as a high school teacher, graduated from Harvard Law School and was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is best known for rescuing the fashion retailer Ashley Stewart from bankruptcy while serving as its chairman and CEO. He helped manage private equity at Boston firms, and he founded FirePine Group, a family-office investment platform. Rhee holds the John H. Johnson Chair of Entrepreneurship at Howard University and also teaches at MIT Sloan School of Management. Red helicopter is his first book, a parable built around his story.