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Chris Whittle
H. Christopher "Chris" Whittle (born August 23, 1947) is an American media and education entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of Avenues: The World School, a planned international system of independent pre-K-12 schools. Avenues opened its first campus in New York City in fall 2012.〔("Whittle Taps Exeter, Dalton Veterans to Start New York School" ) by John Hechinger and Oliver Staley, ''Bloomberg News'' - January 31, 2011 〕〔("Whittle Starts A City School" ) by Shelly Banjo, ''Wall Street Journal'' - January 31, 2011 〕 Previously he headed several publishing ventures, including serving as publisher of ''Esquire'' magazine and leading Whittle Communications, and founded Edison Schools (now EdisonLearning) with Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.
==Early life and career==
Whittle was born in Etowah, Tennessee. After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a major in American Studies, Whittle started the magazine ''Knoxville in a Nutshell'' with Phillip Moffitt and others. He started the 13-30 Corporation in Knoxville. In 1979 13-30 bought ''Esquire'' magazine, where Whittle served as chairman and publisher for a number of years. In 1986, 13-30 became Whittle Communications, which was one of America's top 100 media companies in the late 1980s - known for creating and publishing single-advertiser magazines that were placed in medical office waiting rooms. In 1989, Whittle Communications launched Channel One News, a national in-school television news program (first anchored by Kenny Rogers Jr., Brian Tochi, Michele Ruiz, Hicks Neal, Kathy Kronenberger and Mark Carter). Channel One News' programming reached eight million students daily in 12,000 schools〔http://www.ibiblio.org/commercialfree/channelone.html〕 and won the Peabody Award.〔(Channel One site )〕 Whittle sold the company in 1994.
He is the author of ''Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education'', published in 2005,〔(Powell's Book synopsis )〕 and wrote a chapter on the rise of global schooling for ''Customized Schooling: Beyond Whole-School Reform'', published by Harvard Education Press in 2011. Whittle sits on the board of the Center for Education Reform〔(Center for Education Reform site ), 14 May 2013〕 in Washington, D.C. In October 2010 he received an "accomplished alumnus" award from the University of Tennessee, his alma mater, where he has funded over 180 full scholarships.
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