[4][5] Risher was raised by his divorced parents, living primarily with his mother in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

[8] At Microsoft, Risher was General Manager in charge of launching the company's first database product, Access.

[9] In 1997, he left Microsoft over Bill Gates' objections to join Amazon.com as its first Vice President of Product and Store development.

[11] As a tribute to Risher's leadership, Jeff Bezos created a hidden perpetual "easter egg" on the Amazon website when he left the company.

[14] Worldreader is a US-based 501(c)(3) and European public charity with additional registrations in Kenya, Ghana, India, and the United Kingdom.

Worldreader believes that “readers build a better world" and works with partners to get children reading so they can reach their potential.