Jonathan Starr

{{Short description|American businessperson}}

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Jonathan Starr is the founder of Flagg Street Capital. Prior to founding Flagg Street Capital, he worked as an analyst at SAB Capital and Blavin and Company, and as a Research Associate within the Taxable Bond Division at Fidelity Investments. Jonathan Starr closed Flagg Street Capital and in 2009 opened the Abaarso School of Science and Technology in Somaliland with his personal finances. His work in Somaliland has been written about in The New York Times,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-from-somaliland-to-harvard.html|title=From Somaliland to Harvard|first=Nicholas|last=Kristof|date=12 September 2015|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}} Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek,{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2015-10-16/jonathan-starr-on-founding-abaarso-school-in-somaliland-audio-|title=Jonathan Starr on Founding Abaarso School in Somaliland (Audio)|website=Bloomberg News |publisher=}} CNN,{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/pf/college/harvard-somaliland-africa-student-university/index.html|title=Somaliland to Harvard: How this student beat the odds|first=Alanna|last=Petroff|date=6 April 2015|publisher=}} and the Christian Science Monitor.{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/0815/Abaarso-Tech-run-like-a-business-brings-top-notch-education-to-Somalia|title=Abaarso Tech, run like a business, brings top-notch education to Somalia|first=Patrick|last=Adams|date=15 August 2011|publisher=|via=Christian Science Monitor}} Jonathan is a graduate of Worcester Academy.