Josh Ruxin (born June 15, 1970) is an American businessman, academic, and writer. As a businessman, he is co-founder and Executive Chairman of GoodLife Pharmacy, an East Africa–based pharmaceuticals chain in Kenya and Uganda, founder of the Rwandan Health Builders non-profit, and owner of Heaven Restaurant & Boutique Hotel, also in Rwanda.[citation needed]
He was the Truman Scholar for Connecticut, 1990; a Fulbright scholar to Bolivia in 1992; and a Marshall Scholar in 1994. Formerly, Ruxin was on faculty as an assistant clinical professor of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.[1]
He is the author of A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda which the New York Times describes as "an absorbing and affecting narrative, documenting both victories and setbacks."[2]
Personal life
editRuxin was born on June 15, 1970, in Cleveland, Ohio. He has lived in East Africa with his wife and three children. In 2008, Ruxin and his wife Alissa opened Heaven Restaurant & Boutique Hotel in the Kiyovu neighborhood of Kigali.[3][4][5][6]
Professional background
editIn 2013, Ruxin founded Goodlife Pharmacy, an East Africa based pharmaceuticals chain with over 30 stores in Kenya and Uganda. He currently serves as the Executive Chairman of Goodlife. The company provides pharmaceuticals to customers across the region from convenient locations – with a total reach of 1.2 million people. It has plans to expand to more than 100 locations in the East African region.[citation needed]
Ruxin founded Health Builders, an international health NGO that applies business principles to health problems by providing technical management assistance to rural health centers in Rwanda, and served as the organization's director until 2015. He also directed The Access Project,[7] founded the Neglected Tropical Disease Control Project, and founded and directed the Millennium Villages Project in Rwanda.[8][9][10]
Ruxin was on faculty as an assistant clinical professor of public health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.[1] In 1999, he co-founded and served as a vice president of OTF Group, Inc, a strategy consulting firm.[7] He was also the Truman Scholar for Connecticut, 1990; a Fulbright Scholar to Bolivia in 1992; and a Marshall Scholar in 1994.
He also serves on the board of directors of FilmAid International and Generation Rwanda and is a faculty member at the Clergy Leadership Project.[1] Ruxin serves on the board of www.kepler.org.[citation needed]
Published works
edit- Ruxin, Josh. A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
- Ruxin, Josh; Antoinette Habinshuti. "Crowd control in Rwanda", Nature 474: 572–573, June 30, 2011.
- Ruxin, Josh, et al. "Emerging consensus in HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and access to essential medicines", Lancet, 365:618-21, 2005.
- Ruxin, Josh, Agnes Binagwaho and Paul A. Wilson. "Combating AIDS in the Developing World." Earthscan, 2005.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Josh N. Ruxin | Our Faculty | Mailman School of Public Health". Mailman.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ Hammer, Joshua (2013-12-06). "Sarah Turnbull's 'All Good Things,' and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ "About Us". Heavenrwanda.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "The New Times Rwanda: :: Living the Dream: Prof. Josh Ruxin: Anti-Poverty, Pro-Prosperity Crusader". Mail.newtimes.co.rw. Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ G. Pascal Zachary, Business 2.0 Magazine (2007-08-01). "Startup: Rwanda - August 1, 2007". Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The New Times Rwanda: :: Celebrating four years of achievements with a bang". Newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ a b "Team Biography - Team Biography - Josh Ruxin". Theaccessproject.com. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "About Us". UN Millennium Project. 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ Middleton, Lee (2010-06-19). "Sweet Success: Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty?". TIME. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ Alex Perry/Nyamata (2007-09-26). "Seeds of Change in Rwanda". TIME. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved 2012-07-21.