Jomo (John Moir)

I was born and raised in the burbs of Toronto. I studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, and film and video at York University. I moved to the Bay Area in 1995 to do a Master's degree in multimedia. After graduation, I joined a company called Data Broadcasting Corporation as creative director. In late 1997, my division was spun off in a joint venture with CBS as CBS MarketWatch. In 2005, MarketWatch was acquired by Dow Jones and Dow Jones itself was acquired by News Corporation in 2007. // Outside work, my greatest passion is music, but I have lots of other interests, too, including languages and food. The photo is me on the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley — one of my favorite places — in 2003.