Keith Ferrazzi
{{short description|American author and entrepreneur|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Keith Ferrazzi
| image = Keith Ferrazzi.jpg
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| website = {{URL|keithferrazzi.com}}
| birth_place = Pennsylvania
| nationality = American
| alma_mater = Yale University
Harvard Business School
| occupation = {{unbulleted list|Chairman & Founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight|author|entrepreneur}}
| notable_works = Never Eat Alone
Who's Got Your Back?
| title = Ferrazzi Greenlight (Founder & CEO)
}}
Keith Ferrazzi is an American author and entrepreneur.{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3035568/hit-the-ground-running/the-dawn-of-the-superconnectors-20-people-who-are-taking-networking-t|title=15 People Who Are Taking Networking To A New Level|date=2014-09-19|publisher=FastCompany.com|accessdate=2016-05-09}} He is the founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, a Los Angeles, California-based research and consulting firm.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3016397/how-ceos-do-burning-man|title=How CEOs Do Burning Man|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2016-02-18}} He wrote the New York Times bestselling books Never Eat Alone and Who's Got Your Back?{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/never-eat-alone-author-kieth-ferrazzi-businessrelationships/|title="Never Eat Alone" Author Keith Ferrazzi: Business Relationships|date=2007-11-12|publisher=cbsnews.com|accessdate=2015-05-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2009-06-14/hardcover-advice/list.html|title=NY Times Best Seller List|date=2009-06-14|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2016-05-09}} Keith Ferrazzi first created the term co-elevation{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/rhett-power/how-co-elevation-positions-your-organization-to-do-more-with-less-resources.html|title=How Co-Elevation Positions Your Organization to Do More (With Less)|last=Power|first=Rhett|date=2018-06-06|website=Inc.com|access-date=2019-12-29}} in 2017, as he was writing the book, Leading Without Authority: How Co-Elevation Is Redefining Collaboration and Transforming Our Teams,{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576815/leading-without-authority-by-keith-ferrazzi-with-noel-weyrich/|title=Leading Without Authority by Keith Ferrazzi: 9780525575665 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-29}} with the publisher Penguin Random House.
Early life and education
Ferrazzi was born and grew up in Pennsylvania.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/business/yourmoney/30lunch.html|title=Working With an Ex, and Keeping It Civil|date=2006-04-30|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2015-05-13}} He attended Yale University, where he founded the Sigma Chi chapter there, and Harvard Business School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/magazine/20030101/25049.html|title=The 10 Secrets of a Master Networker|date=2003-01-01|website=Inc.com|access-date=2016-02-18}}
Career
After graduating from Harvard, he joined management consulting firm Deloitte as an entry-level analyst, and rose to become the company's chief marketing officer (CMO).{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/05/15/magazines/business2/welllikedsuccess/|title=You don't have to be well liked to succeed | work=CNN | date=May 16, 2006}} At age 32, he was hired by Starwood as CMO, reportedly the youngest CMO in the Fortune 500 at the time. In 2000, he left to found YaYa Media, an entertainment and marketing company, which he sold to investment company American Vantage in 2003.
Ferrazzi left YaYa Media to found Ferrazzi Greenlight, a Los Angeles-based strategic consulting firm, and its associated Greenlight Research Institute. The company and institute focus on the importance of positive relationships to business success.{{cite web|url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/keith-ferrazzi-relationships-crucial-success/|title=Keith Ferrazzi – Why Relationships Are Crucial to Success|date=2014-02-19|publisher=wharton.upenn.edu|accessdate=2016-05-09}}File:Ferrazzi with Kekulov.jpg
Books
Ferrazzi has written two networking books that were New York Times bestsellers.
His first book, Never Eat Alone, was based on his networking experiences, and was published in 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2014/06/24/networking-in-the-internet-era-an-interview-with-keith-ferrazzi/#66d98652213e|title=Networking In The Internet Era: An Interview With Keith Ferrazzi|website=Forbes|access-date=2016-02-18}}
His second book, Who's Got Your Back?, followed up and expanded on the themes from his first book, and was published in 2009.
In 2020, he wrote a new book, Leading Without Authority. Keith Ferrazzi discusses how "co-elevation" will transform peers into joint task teammates.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=28 May 2020|title=It is a time for us—all of us—to reboot the workplace|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90509150/it-is-a-time-for-us-all-of-us-to-reboot-the-workplace|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 August 2020|website=Fast Company}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://keithferrazzi.com/|name=Official Keith Ferrazzi website}}
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