George Bowring, Founder of The Hamburger Foundation and member of Geneva Tourism Board, LGB 2000
George Bowring
La Grande Boissière, 2000
Founder of The Hamburger Foundation and member of Geneva Tourism Board
Switzerland
Learn more about me:
I built my life in Geneva with a long-lost middle school crush (Ana Maria). We lost contact for about 18 years and I poked her on Facebook for her birthday one day and ended up going out for dinner in New York. We’re now married with 2 kids.
I have also built, scaled and sold a restaurant business here in Geneva: The Hamburger Foundation. Exhausting, fun, stressful and fascinating 10 years. I’m now on the Geneva Tourisme Board trying to create great experiences for tourists visiting Geneva and Switzerland.
I was at Ecolint, La Grande Boissière, from 1st grade to 9th grade. Long enough to become a serious Road Runner addict.
I have many incredible memories: from the Kermesse, Boy Scouts, forbidden walks through the forest area, houses in middle School (I was Orion), and Valentine’s day (always a source of high stress and middle school gossip).
My main strength is adaptability to many types of social interactions and I deeply believe that the incredibly diverse cultures we have at Ecolint help strengthen skills such as empathy, respect and curiosity.
If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t have thrown that conker over the Marionniers wall in 1994. It landed bang on and through our French teachers’ windscreen (Mr. Boris : Christophe’s Lambert’s best mate: a fact he insisted on, in every class).
My words of wisdom for Ecolint students: trust your gut feeling. If something feels off, back out. If something feels right, go for it, even if you have to bend a few rules.
I would like to leave a better place for our kids. We’re not doing very well but I’ve still got a few years left in me to keep on trying.
I’m building a couple of businesses which are linked to the digitalisation of our world. The tokenisation of assets and people is going to be the next big internet leap and I hope we can help guide it.