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Courtney Jordan is a global entrepreneur and investor whose work spans four continents and multiple industries—but his story begins humbly in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a childhood defined not by privilege, but by purpose.
The founder and Executive Chairman of Neyius, a privately held multinational conglomerate, Jordan oversees a portfolio of companies in technology, media, hospitality, and energy—each aligned with his vision for long-term, values-driven innovation. Under his leadership, Neyius has grown to include 26 subsidiaries across 17 countries, with operational interests ranging from digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence to heritage real estate and cultural preservation.
He is also the founder of The Courtney Jordan Foundation (CJF), a global nonprofit working to eradicate poverty and close equity gaps through entrepreneurship, education, and environmental stewardship. Since its inception, CJF has donated over $200 million worldwide and is recognized for its durable commitment to sustainable social impact across the United States, South East Asia, and the American rural South.
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Jordan’s work is widely regarded as a model of modern legacy-building—at the intersection of old-world elegance and next-generation innovation. At his core, Jordan remains grounded in a deep and often spiritual sense of responsibility to others. He believes wealth is not a reward, but a resource to be stewarded. A self-taught programmer who overcame early academic struggles, Jordan’s first breakthrough came in his early twenties when he and a college friend developed a security feature later acquired by Microsoft. He has since led multiple ventures and exited high-growth companies, but credits his most significant growth not to profit, but to pain.
After battling cancer, enduring public setbacks, and confronting personal loss—including the deaths of his sister and father—Jordan emerged with a renewed mission: to create institutions, not just income.
In 2020, Jordan turned a global crisis into opportunity by making bold investments in undervalued travel and infrastructure companies.
In 2024, he led a strategic venture capital investment in RentSpotMe.com, a rising fintech startup that disrupted housing access for independent workers. The company later achieved a valuation exceeding $300 million.
Jordan is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Education, presented by President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, and has been named to the London Power 100. He is profiled as the inaugural subject of the Southern Business Review’s Dream Big Collection, a literary series highlighting visionary leaders shaping the world through business and service.
Today, Jordan splits his time between London and the United States. He continues to advise global leaders, support economic development initiatives in Bangladesh and the Caribbean, and nurture a new generation of changemakers through StartUp Durham and CJF’s global programs.
Across industries and continents, Jordan has built not just a reputation, but a rhythm—quietly shaping the systems that shape lives. His ventures are rarely loud at launch, but deeply considered, often years in the making. Whether acquiring distressed properties and converting them into centers for community wellness or investing in overlooked founders through his foundation’s venture arm, Jordan prefers the
long arc—the kind of progress that whispers before it roars. Those who know him best describe him as exacting yet deeply empathetic, a man who thinks in decades, not headlines.
In recent seasons, his focus has shifted from success to significance. Through initiatives like the Brenda Howerton Institute for Civic Engagement and CJF’s literacy and workforce development programs, Jordan is investing in the next generation with the same intentionality he once reserved for corporate expansion. He speaks less about what he’s building and more about why— believing that legacy is not what we leave behind, but what we build into others while we’re still here.
He is the father of one son, Preston, and the proud descendant of working-class families whose sacrifices still guide his every decision.
“I’m not building an empire. I’m building vessels—vehicles that move people forward.” — Courtney Jordan
Courthology
The Story
That Built the Vision
Before the foundation, before the companies, there was the journey—marked by struggle, reinvention, and faith. Courtney Jordan’s personal reflections, essays, and archived writings offer a rare window into the lessons, philosophies, and pivotal moments that continue to guide his leadership today.
A Global Portfolio with a
Local Conscience
From digital infrastructure to hospitality, media, energy, and fintech, Courtney Jordan’s business ventures are designed to outlast trends and expand access. With operations in 17 countries and 26 subsidiaries, each company under the Neyius Group umbrella is built on long-term value, ethical growth, and the belief that business can build nations.
Strategic Philanthropy.
Structural Change.
The Courtney Jordan Foundation (CJF) is a global nonprofit operating in the United States, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. Its programs span entrepreneurship, education, environmental justice, and civic engagement—empowering individuals at scale. With over $280 million in impact to date, CJF remains one of the most quietly effective forces in the fight against generational poverty.
Enterprise & Economy
Global Impact
Private Giving
Where the Personal Becomes Purposeful
Courtney Jordan remains a quiet but consistent force behind scholarships, medical interventions, and preservation initiatives across the human diaspora.
From restoring Southern historical sites to underwriting surgeries and mental health care for underserved families, his personal giving is as intentional as his public work—just less often seen.
Courtney Jordan remains a quiet but consistent force behind scholarships, medical interventions, and preservation initiatives across the human diaspora.
From restoring Southern historical sites to underwriting surgeries and mental health care for underserved families, his personal giving is as intentional as his public work—just less often seen.
DeAndre, pictured here, is one of hundreds of young men and women whose journeys began with a key, a trunk, and the belief that their minds—sharpened, nurtured, and free—would carry them farther than fear ever could.
“Oh, the Places You Will Go.”
At the annual Three C Dinner, each graduating member of the Term Youth Alliance receives more than a full scholarship. They receive a trunk. Inside: everything a young scholar needs to walk confidently into their new life—bedding, supplies, even a television. At the bottom of every trunk is a copy of Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss, the namesake of Courtney Jordan’s closing speech.
“I give them the trunk because I remember the list,” Jordan says. “That first college checklist—full of things you’re told you’ll need but can’t afford. I want their only concern to be who they’re becoming, not what they’re missing.”
