Levent Yarar was previously the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships for Wharton Interactive, the EdTech arm of the Wharton Business School. Before Wharton Interactive, he was Wharton Executive Education’s Regional Business Development Director for four years. He created partnerships for impactful learning journeys for corporations and executive learners.

Levent spent from 2011-2017 in Turkey working for executive education centers in Turkey and the MENA region. As a certified consultant for the International Trade Center (UNCTAD-WTO), he has worked with SMEs throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, providing competitive analysis using Business Management System.

He was born in Ankara, Turkey, but has lived in the United States for 40 years. He has an undergraduate degree in Management from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, and an MBA from Ohio University. He is a certified Pearson BTEC trainer and qualified Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessor.

His passion is to transform and democratize education globally, where anyone has access to high-quality knowledge to upskill for better job opportunities and living standards.