Author, entrepreneur, activist, producer, television show host, and decorated US Army officer, he is best known for his two New York Times-bestselling books The Other Wes Moore and The Work. He hosted the OWN series Beyond Belief and the PBS series Coming Back with Wes Moore. He attended Valley Forge Military Academy, a junior college in Pennsylvania, as well as Johns Hopkins University. He then became a Rhode Scholar at Oxford University. He began a career in finance but opted to become a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2005. He then became a White House Fellow for a year upon his return before returning to New York City and a career in finance.
