John Kluge, Jr.

John Kluge Jr. is a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and author working at the intersection of refugee economic inclusion and regenerative enterprise. He is the founder of the Refugee Investment Network (RIN), which mobilizes private capital to support refugee entrepreneurs and host communities worldwide, and Co-Founder & CEO of Thistlerock Mead Company, America's first net-zero meadery, built on a regenerative flower farm in Virginia's Monticello AVA. He serves on the boards of the Montpelier Foundation, Norwegian Refugee Council USA, and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum. He has spoken at the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Vatican Impact Investing Summit, and Milken Institute Global Conference. He is co-author, with Christine Mahoney, of Banking on Belonging: Why Investing in Refugee Entrepreneurs Benefits Everyone (Columbia University Press, 2026), co-author of Charity and Philanthropy for Dummies (Wylie, 2014), and author of John Kluge: Stories (Columbia University Press, 2008).