Rory Stewart: Writer, Walker, Diplomat

I met Rory Stewart for a coffee on a trip to Africa. Modest, calm, a great listener, Rory defines the word gentleman. He didn't tell me much about himself when we met. He seemed more interested in what I was doing. Later, waiting at Heathrow for my flight to Nairobi, I happened to pick up the latest Harvard Business Review. To my amazement, it had a long article about Rory. That's when I realized why Rory was such a great listener and gentleman. In the past 5 years or so, he had walked across Afghanistan, acted as Governor in southern Iraq, and started a foundation to preserve local architecture and craftswork in Kabul Afghanistan. Learn more about his life and work in his books: The Places In Between, about his walk through Afghanistan, The Prince of the Marshes, about his time in Iraq. Also check out Turquoise Mountain, his foundation for Kabul.