John Riady is director of the Lippo Group and co-founder of MatahariMall.com. He is also a professor of law at Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia's leading private university; editor at large of the Jakarta Globe, an English-language newspaper in Indonesia; and director of Berita Satu Media Holdings, a diversified Indonesian media conglomerate. Riady is a member of the New York Bar Association and serves on Columbia University's international advisory board. He holds a bachelor's degree in political philosophy and economics from Georgetown University, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Columbia University.