Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson is ranked the #1 CEO Coach in the World by the Thinkers 50 Leading Global Coaches, the American Management Association and the 2021 Harvard | McLean Institute of Coaching. He is a three time Chairman & CEO and an honored alumnus of Stanford University. Mark is a founder of the Stanford CEO Summit Series, a NY Times bestselling author and the first to be selected as a Global Guru in both the Leadership and Coaching categories. In 2022 Mark is among only six leaders in history to be inducted to the Global Gurus Hall of Fame | Corps d’Elite. With over 30 years’ operating experience, Mark focuses on New CEO Readiness for more than 85 boards of directors. He specializes in high profile leaders, celebrity CEOs and family members from Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, Google founder Larry Page, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Pinterest founder Evan Sharp, World Bank CEO Jim Kim, Charles Schwab, Apple founder Steve Jobs and Tony Robbins.