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Mr. Johnson is the Managing Director of Tano Capital in San Mateo, California.

He is the former co-president of Franklin Resources, Inc. ("Franklin Templeton Investments"; NYSE: “BEN”), one of the largest publicly traded money management firms in the world. Mr. Johnson's responsibilities included global oversight of all portfolio management, information technology, product development, mergers and acquisitions and non-U.S. business. Prior to this, Mr. Johnson served as president and CEO of Templeton Worldwide Inc.

With respect to India and China, Mr. Johnson began traveling to India in 1994 and started the Franklin Templeton India (“FT India”) mutual fund company in 1996. FT India is one of the largest domestic mutual fund managers in India. In addition, he established the first non-US office for Franklin in Taiwan in 1986.

Mr. Johnson received a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University Graduate School of Business in 1985, and a Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA in 1979. Mr. Johnson is also certified as a CPA by the California State Board of Accountancy.