Who is Jean Hoerni from Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations-- One School at a Time and what is their importance? Three_Cups_of_Tea English & Literature Jean Hoerni | Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations-- One School at a Time

The man who agrees to pay for the first school in Korphe, he is founder of several highly successful companies and is dedicated to Greg's projects. Hoerni wants desperately to live long enough to see a picture of the completed school and does so, though just barely. It is Hoerni's donation of a million dollars that sets up the Central Asia Institute and makes it possible for Greg to build dozens of other schools, vocational buildings and water supplies.