Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson

"Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change."

Walter Isaacson is an American author, journalist, and professor. 

He has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time. He is the author of bestselling books on Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger. 
Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, a New York City-based financial services firm.

He was vice chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, which oversaw the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, chaired the government board that runs Voice of America, and was a member of the Defense Innovation Board.

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