Jason Caldwell

Jason Caldwell is a rower of oceans, a trekker of deserts, and a builder of teams.

Driven by a fascination with the impossible, Caldwell’s journey began with a decorated collegiate rowing career and a successful National Championship run with the Vesper Boat Club’s elite team in Philadelphia. For anyone else, these accomplishments would have been enough; but for Caldwell, they were simply a taste of more to come.

In 2015, Caldwell captained a United States team in a 3,000-mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean. The 51-day odyssey set the American Record for the fastest U.S. four to ever cross the Atlantic. Two years later, Caldwell bested his own feat, leading a new team to set the World Record for the fastest Atlantic crossing. The defiant and inspiring story of both crossings, and both records, is captured in the 2022 documentary "Chasing."

While Caldwell initially set out to row the Atlantic as an athlete, he found a different calling while at sea: leadership. His grueling first crossing of the Atlantic led to the realization that beyond physical prowess and endurance, greatness depends on a strong, cohesive team. This epiphany inspired Caldwell to found Latitude 35, a company dedicated to building high-performance teams. As President and Founder, Caldwell uses his experience as an athlete to teach leaders and teams strategies for tackling professional challenges. Whether in an academic, outdoor, or professional setting, Caldwell’s methodology remains the same: with the right people and an understanding of the power of human emotion, nearly anything is possible.

He continues to exemplify his company’s ethos in his personal pursuits. In 2018, Caldwell assembled a crew to complete the first unassisted trek across the Namib Desert. In 2021, he led a Lat 35 racing team to smash the world record for the Great Pacific Race, crossing 2,400 miles of the Pacific Ocean in just 30 days.