Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld ( born April 1, 1954) is an American economist and columnist.

Life

Sonnenfeld graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. degree He founded the Chief Executive Leadership Institute ( CELI ), the world's first school for CEOs. He taught at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Since 1999 he is professor of management practice at the Yale School of Management Yale University. The Business Week calls him one of the "ten most influential business school professors " and Directorship of the "100 most influential figures in governance". He has published 7 books and wrote over 200 technical papers. As the first professor of economics at all he was the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange to ring. He appeared on CNBC and PBS, and has worked as a columnist for Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine and The New York Times.