Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson

One of Americas leading venture investors

Mark Thompson has a long experience both from corporate and academic life, giving him a lot of insight into what defines a good leadership and how personal success can be achieved.

Mark Thompson has over two decades of experience as a senior executive, board member, management coach, entrepreneur, author, producer and investor. He is included on Forbes Magazine’s list of America’s leading venture investors and he is co-author of the book Success Built to Last. His topics as lecturer are leadership and personal success built for a lifetime.

As an executive coach and visiting scholar at Stanford University, Mark Thompson has lead and coached senior teams and organizations based on his experience as an insider in boardrooms and management committees, along with his passion for unlocking the unique skills of hundreds of remarkable people around the world. Mark’s unique ability to draw out the relevant personal and business stories from interviews of thought leaders such as e.g. Jack Welch, Jimmy Carter, Charles Schwab, Richard Branson, Michael Dell, The Dalai Lama, Senator John McCain, Bono and Quincy Jones along with schoolteachers, scientists, community workers, athletes, Nobel laureates and the Presidents of nations has formed the foundation for his lectures.