Ken Howery

Ken Howery
United States Ambassador to Denmark (en) Oktoba 2025 - no value ← Alan Leventhal (en) - no value → United States Ambassador to Sweden (en) 7 Nuwamba, 2019 - 20 ga Janairu, 2021 ← Azita Raji - Erik Ramanathan (en) →
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	4 Nuwamba, 1975 (50 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Makaranta	Dobie High School (en) Jami'ar Stanford (1994 - 1998) Bachelor of Arts (mul) : ikonomi
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa da Mai wanzar da zaman lafiya
Mahalarcin World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013 (en)
Employers	PayPal (mul)  (Disamba 1998 -  ga Yuli, 2002) eBay (mul)  (ga Yuli, 2002 -  Nuwamba, 2002) Clarium Capital (mul)  (ga Maris, 2004 -  Disamba 2004) Founders Fund (mul)  (ga Janairu, 2005 -  Satumba 2019)
Mamba	PayPal Mafia (en)

Kenneth Alan Howery ( / ˈhaʊəri / ; an haife shi a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1975) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma jami'in diflomasiyya na Amurka. Shi ne wanda ya kafa PayPal da Asusun Masu Kafa . Ya yi aiki a matsayin jakadan Amurka a Sweden daga 2019 zuwa 2021 a ƙarƙashin Shugaba Donald Trump .

A ranar 22 ga Disamba, 2024, zababben shugaban ƙasa Trump ya sanar da aniyarsa ta naɗa Howery a matsayin jakadan Amurka na gaba a Denmark . A ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2025, Majalisar Dattawa ta tabbatar da naɗin.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Howery a shekarar 1975 a Texas. Daga baya ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Stanford a shekarar 1998 da digirin BA a fannin tattalin arziki. Yayin da yake Stanford, ya kasance babban editan jaridar The Stanford Review, wata jarida da ɗalibai ke gudanarwa wadda Peter Thiel ya kafa.

Sana'a

A wannan shekarar da ya kammala karatunsa, ya kafa PayPal tare da Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, Elon Musk, da Max Levchin . Ƙungiyar waɗanda suka kafa ta aka san ta da PayPal Mafia, wanda ya haɗa da sauran takwarorinsu da masu saka hannun jari na farko. Daga 1998 zuwa 2002, Howery ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in Kuɗi na PayPal. Bayan sayen PayPal daga eBay a 2002, Howery ya yi aiki a matsayin Daraktan Ci gaban Kamfanoni na eBay har zuwa 2003. Daga nan Howery ya sake komawa Thiel a 2004 a Clarium Capital Management, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban hannun jari na kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, da kuma memba na ƙungiyoyin bincike da ciniki.

A watan Maris na 2012, Taron Tattalin Arziki na Duniya ya nada Howery a matsayin Shugaban Matasa na Duniya, wata al'umma ta "maza da mata masu ra'ayin zamantakewa da aka zaɓa waɗanda ba su kai shekaru 40 ba, waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin ƙarfin da zai shawo kan shingayen da ke hana ci gaba a wasu wurare." Shi ma memba ne na Kwamitin Zaɓe na Shirin Magoya Bayan Fasaha na Taron Tattalin Arziki na Duniya.

A shekarar 2005, Howery da Thiel, tare da tsohon ɗalibin PayPal, Nosek, suka kafa Asusun Founders, wani kamfani mai jarin kasuwanci da ke San Francisco wanda ke da sama da dala biliyan 3 a ƙarƙashin gudanarwa, inda ya yi aiki tare da wanda ya kafa kuma abokin tarayya. Ya yi aiki a cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na Quantcast da ZocDoc . A shekarar 2010, Venture Capital Journal ta sanya Howery a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan VCs 10 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 36. Ya yi lacca kan harkokin kasuwanci a Harvard Business School da Stanford, kuma ya taimaka wa ɗalibai a UC Berkeley da McCombs School of Business su haɓaka samfuran kasuwanci.

Howery memba ne na Ƙungiyar Masu Bincike, wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta da ke haɓaka binciken kimiyya.

Howery mai ba da shawara ne ga Kiva, wata ƙungiyar agaji ta 501(c)(3) wadda ke ba mutane damar ba da rancen kuɗi ta Intanet ga 'yan kasuwa da ɗalibai masu ƙarancin kuɗi a ƙasashe sama da 80. Shi memba ne na Majalisar Amurka kan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, wanda ke da burin ƙara yawan gasa a fannin tattalin arziki a kasuwannin duniya.

Jimillar dukiyar Howery ta kai dala biliyan 1.5.

Diflomasiyya

Masarautar Sweden

An rantsar da Ken Howery a hukumance a matsayin jakadan Amurka a Masarautar Sweden.

A ranar 16 ga Janairu, 2019, Shugaba Donald Trump ya naɗa Howery a matsayin Jakadan Amurka na Musamman kuma Mai Riƙon Iko na Musamman ga Masarautar Sweden. Bayan zaman sauraron tabbatarwa a ranar 16 ga Mayu, 2019, Kwamitin Hulɗa da Ƙasashen Waje na Majalisar Dattawa ya bayar da rahoton amincewa da Howery ga Majalisar Dattawa, wanda ya tabbatar da Howery a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 2019, da ƙuri'ar 62-32. A zaman sauraron tabbatarwarsa, Howery ya bayyana abubuwan da ya sa a gaba a matsayin jakada zai haɗa da neman faɗaɗa dangantakar tattalin arziki da ciniki, haɓaka alƙawarin tsaro tsakanin juna, da haɓaka damar kimiyya, fasaha da kasuwanci.

An rantsar da Howery a matsayin jakada a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 2019, kuma ya gabatar da takardun shaidarsa ga Mai Martaba Sarki Carl XVI Gustaf a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 2019.

A matsayinsa na jakada, Howery ya kasance mai himma a fannoni da dama na manufofi. Howery ya yi hulɗa da jami'an Sweden kan batutuwan tsaro da dabarun soja, gami da matsa lamba don ƙara haɗin gwiwa tsakanin tsarin sojojin Amurka da Sweden. Ya kuma yi kira ga dogon burin Amurka na ƙara kashe kuɗin tsaro na Turai; Sweden ta amince da ƙara kashi 40% na kashe kuɗin tsaro a cikin shekaru biyar a lokacin mulkin Howery - mafi girman ƙaruwa a cikin sama da shekaru 70. Daga baya Shugaba Trump ya yaba wa jagorancin Howery kan ƙara haɗin gwiwa tsakanin tsaro, tsaro, da tattalin arziki tsakanin Amurka da Sweden, yana mai cewa "ya yi wa ƙasarmu hidima da kyau," a matsayin jakada.

Howery ya yi kira da a samar da fasahar 5G mai tsabta, yana tallata matsayin Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka na hukuma wanda ke ƙarfafa amfani da kayan aikin da kamfanin kera na Ericsson na Sweden ya yi kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa kayayyakin da aka yi da Huawei suna da haɗarin tsaro ga dimokuradiyya. Howery ya gana da manyan jami'an Sweden kan tsaron 5G a watan Satumba, 2020, kuma daga baya Sweden ta sanar da dakatar da kayan aiki daga kamfanonin sadarwa Huawei da ZTE a cikin hanyar sadarwar 5G. Howery ya kuma haɓaka haɗin gwiwa, gami da batutuwan tsaro, tsakanin Amurka da Sweden a yankin Arctic . A watan Oktoba na 2020, Sweden ta buga sabuwar dabarar Arctic ta farko cikin shekaru goma, tana nuna damuwa game da tabarbarewar dangantakar duniya da ci gaban ayyukan soji a yankin Arctic. Yaƙin neman zaɓensa na Arctic ya haɗa da taimakawa wajen kafa haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Tsarin Arctic a Makarantar Gwamnati ta Harvard Kennedy da Jami'ar Fasaha ta Luleå ta Sweden.

Yayin da Sweden ke aiki a matsayin ikon kare Amurka a Koriya ta Arewa, Howery ya yi aiki don kiyaye ingantacciyar hanyar sadarwa don yunƙurin kawar da makaman nukiliya, kuma ya yi aiki tare da jami'an Sweden don yaƙi da labaran ƙarya, da kuma haɓaka dimokuradiyya, haƙƙin ɗan adam, ciniki mai 'yanci, da tsaron yanki.

Howery ya yi kira da a samar da gaskiya da kuma raba bayanai tsakanin kasashe domin mayar da martani yadda ya kamata ga annobar COVID-19 . Ya jagoranci kokarin da Ofishin Jakadancin Amurka na Stockholm ya yi na taimaka wa kamfanin kera kayayyaki na kasar Sweden Getinge kan matsalolin sarkar samar da kayayyaki, inda ya taimaka mata wajen fadada samar da na'urorin numfashi don amfanin marasa lafiya da cutar COVID-19 a Amurka da ma duniya baki daya.

Howery ya yi hulɗa da al'ummar ilimi ta Sweden, ciki har da rawar da jami'o'i za su iya takawa a harkokin kasuwanci da kuma muhimmancin ingancin ilimi. Ya gudanar da wa'azi ga al'ummomin kasuwanci na Amurka da Sweden a Sweden, ciki har da gabatar da jawabai a ɗakin kasuwanci na Sweden-American da ɗakin kasuwanci na Amurka. Ya kuma yi hulɗa da manyan cibiyoyin bincike na kimiyya na Sweden, wuraren shakatawa na kimiyya, da Hukumar Ƙirƙira ta Sweden.

A martanin da ya mayar kan karuwar kiraye-kirayen da ake yi na shigar da NATO ta Sweden bayan mamayar da Rasha ta yi wa Ukraine a watan Fabrairun 2022, Howery ya rubuta wani rubutu da ke cewa mamayar Ukraine ta sauya ra'ayin jama'a a Sweden game da NATO, kuma kasar za ta "ba da wani gagarumin ci gaba" ga kawancen kuma shigarta "zai zama abin biki."

Masarautar Denmark

Zababben shugaban ƙasa Donald Trump ya sanar da Howery a matsayin wanda zai zaɓa domin zama jakadan Amurka na musamman a Masarautar Denmark a ranar 22 ga Disamba, 2024.

Rayuwa ta sirri

Howery ba shi da aure.

Yana da gida a Power Mountain, wani wurin shakatawa na kankara a Utah. A shekarar 2021, Jaridar Wall Street Journal ta ruwaito cewa Howery da Musk suna zaune a gidan Howery mai fadin murabba'in ƙafa 8,000 kusa da Kogin Colorado da ke Austin. Duk da haka, Musk ya musanta ikirarin a cikin wata sanarwa ta imel da ya aika wa Business Insider a lokacin.

A cewar rahoton WSJ a watan Disamba na 2021, bayan da wa'adinsa na jakadan Amurka a Sweden ya ƙare, ya "yi yawo a duniya, ciki har da bin guguwa da sauran abubuwan da suka faru a yanayi mai tsanani a matsayin abin sha'awa, in ji mutanen da suka san shi."

Duba kuma

• PAC na Amurka