User:Jibaron

Early Life

Jonathan Baron is an American Business English teacher, tennis coach and actor. Jonathan was born in New York City, New York on October 23, 1970. He is the son of Jessica and Robert Baron and the brother of Laura Baron.

Jonathan attended Wyoming High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. In high-school Jonathan enjoyed acting, playing tennis and running a start-up bagel and New York Times delivery service called "The Bagel Times". His undergraduate schooling was at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA where he obtained a BA in American Studies. After Brandeis Jonathan worked for his father's wholesale apparel distribution, T-Shirt City in Cincinnati, Ohio before attending Columbia Business School in New York City. Jonathan obtained an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School in 1997.

Education and Career

After graduating from Columbia in 1997, Jonathan held a series of jobs at software companies, banks and financial institutions on Wall Street.

In 2010 Jonathan and his family relocated to Taipei, Taiwan.

In Taiwan Jonathan currently works as an English teacher, MBA admissions counselor, tennis coach, and part-time actor. Jonathan currently teaches Business English for Gram and provides private tutoring services as well. He is a tennis coach at the Tien Mu public tennis courts in Taipei. Jonathan's acting work includes background commercial/infomercial appearances for Taiwan Real Estate Company, 7-11 Convenience Stores, and Fubon Bank.

In addition Jonathan has produced several short movies including a Cub Scouts Video as well as promotional for LA Live, and Lovett Homes.

Jonathan currently resides in Taipei, Taiwan with his wife Swan and two sons Jeremy and Charley. Both Jeremy and Charley have been active in the modeling industry.