John Lynch (New Hampshire) - Education, Career, and Personal Life

Education, Career, and Personal Life

Lynch was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, the fifth of William and Margaret Lynch's six children. Lynch earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

During his business career, Lynch served as Director of Admissions at Harvard Business School and President of The Lynch Group, a business consulting firm in Manchester, New Hampshire. Lynch served as CEO of Knoll Inc., a national furniture manufacturer, where he transformed the company previously losing $50 million a year, to making a profits of nearly $240 million yearly. Under his leadership, Knoll created new jobs, gave factory workers annual bonuses, established a scholarship program for the children of employees, created retirement plans for employees who didn’t have any, and gave workers stock in the company. Before announcing his run for Governor, Lynch was serving as Chairman of the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees.

He and his wife, Dr. Susan Lynch, a pediatrician at Concord Hospital and a Childhood Obesity Activist, live in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. They have three children: Jacqueline, Julia and Hayden. Jacqueline recently graduated from Bucknell University. Julia graduated Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in 2011. Hayden currently attends Dartmouth as a member of the class of 2016.

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