Charles Duhigg | |
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![]() Duhigg in 2013 | |
Born | 1974 (age 50–51) New Mexico, U.S. |
Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Author |
Employer | The New York Times |
Known for | Writing, Journalism |
Relatives | Katy Duhigg (sister) |
Website | charlesduhigg |
Charles Duhigg (born 1974) is an American journalist and non-fiction author. He was a reporter for The New York Times. He currently writes for The New Yorker Magazine and is the author of three books: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business , Smarter Faster Better and Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. In 2013, Duhigg was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of ten articles on the business practices of Apple and other technology companies.
Charles Duhigg was born in 1974 in New Mexico. He graduated from Yale University and earned a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. [1]
Duhigg is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer. Between 2006 and 2017, he was a reporter at The New York Times . [2] He currently writes for The New Yorker Magazine .
Duhigg led a team of New York Times reporters who won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of 10 articles about the business practices of Apple and other technology companies. [3] [4] Duhigg wrote other series, including Toxic Waters, [5] Golden Opportunities, [6] and was part of the team that wrote The Reckoning. [7]
Duhigg's book about the science of habit formation, titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, [8] was published by Random House on February 28, 2012. An extract was published in The New York Times entitled "How Companies Learn Your Secrets." [9] The Power of Habit spent over three years on The New York Times's bestseller lists.
He is also the author of Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business, [10] which was released on March 8, 2016. It became a New York Times Best Seller on March 27, 2016. [11]
In 2024, Duhigg published his third book, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection . [12] It spent over 30 weeks on the New York Times's bestseller lists.
Duhigg resides in Santa Cruz, California. [13] His sister, Katy Duhigg, is an attorney and politician who is a member of the New Mexico Senate. [14]
Charles Duhigg (MBA '03)