Adam Grant is Wharton's top-rated professor and the author of three New York Times bestselling books that have sold over a million copies and been translated into 35 languages. Originals explores how individuals champion new ideas and leaders fight groupthink; it was a #1 bestseller praised by J.J. Abrams, Richard Branson, and Malcolm Gladwell. Give and Take examines why helping others drives our success, and was named one of the best books of 2013 by Amazon, the Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal—as well as one of Oprah's riveting reads and Harvard Business Review’s ideas that shaped management.

Option B, coauthored with Sheryl Sandberg, is a #1 bestseller on facing adversity and building resilience. Adam has been recognized as one of Fortune’s 40 under 40 and the world's 10 most influential management thinkers. His TED talks on the surprising habits of original thinkers and the success of givers and takers have been viewed more than 10 million times in two years. He is a contributing op-ed writer for the New York Times, and his speaking and consulting clients include Facebook, Google, the Gates Foundation, the NBA, Merck, Goldman Sachs, the U.S. Army and Navy, and the World Economic Forum, where he has been honored as a Young Global Leader. He received his B.A. from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, and he is a former magician and junior Olympic springboard diver.