It's the Who, Not the What with Devin Schain
Devin Schain is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started and sold four companies and has invested in more than 40 start-ups and early stage businesses. Currently, Devin is Founder and CEO of Student Playbook.
Devin has more than 30 years in numerous entrepreneurial ventures. As a sophomore at The University of Pennsylvania, Devin launched On Campus Marketing (OCM.) He sold OCM after building it to the point where it was working with almost 1,000 colleges and universities and sold to a public company. Another company Devin founded, Educational Direct became the leading consolidator of student loans on the internet before being sold in 2006 to the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners valued at $375,000,000.
Also, Schain has invested in over 40 start up and early stage companies primarily in education, direct marketing and specialty finance. Schain is active in Young Presidents' Organization (YPO)
In addition to being a serial entrepreneur, Devin is a dedicated philanthropist: he founded ShalomLearning an on-line Hebrew School with over 14,000 students and 1800 teachers. In addition, he cofounded, The Social Sector of Scaling Up which helps not for profits operate more like For Profits.
He is married with three children and lives in the Washington DC area.
Interested in getting in touch, reach out to devin [at] thestudentplaybook.com
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