Neville Roy Singham
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Neville Roy Singham (born May 13, 1954) is an American businessman and social activist. He is the founder and former chairman of
Thoughtworks, an
IT consulting company that provides custom software, software tools, and consulting services, which he sold to a private equity firm for $785 million in 2017.
In 2019, Singham started a consulting business with partners who are active in the
propaganda apparatus of the Chinese Communist Party and who co-own a company with a municipal government that promotes anti-poverty policies.
A
socialist and supporter of
Maoism, according to
The New York Times, Singham has provided significant funding for media outlets, organizations and politicians around the world that promote pro-
Chinese government propaganda.
Singham's father
Archibald Singham was Sri Lankan, while his mother was
Cuban. In his youth, Singham was a member of the
League of Revolutionary Black Workers, a
Black nationalist–
Maoist group, taking a job at a
Chrysler plant in
Detroit in 1972 as an activist in the group. He attended
Howard University before starting a consulting firm for equipment-leasing companies from his
Chicago home.