Keith Ferrazzi
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Keith Ferrazzi is the author of the book Never Eat Alone about marketing and (human) networking. He has been called one of the world's most "connected" individuals by both Forbes and Inc. magazines[citation needed]. He is CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, a sales and marketing consulting firm.
[edit] History
Ferrazzi has a BA degree from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ferrazzi started his career as an early leader in the quality movement as the youngest examiner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. He was Chief Marketing Officer of Deloitte Consulting.
He was Chief Marketing Officer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide before being recruited as Chief Executive Officer for YaYa Media, an interactive entertainment consultancy, which popularized the term advergaming. He is particularly interested in the relationship between leadership success and spirituality.
Ferrazzi founded and chairs Equality 1st, a foundation focused on assuring everyone has an equal chance at success.
In 2005 Ferrazzi has authored the book Never Eat Alone, which postulates the need for networking and human relationships as a major part of any strategy for success in today's super-connected and high-tech world.
He is divorced from his first wife and is now openly homosexual.
[edit] Books
- Never Eat Alone, ISBN 0-385-51205-8
