Joshua Macht

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Joshua Macht
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Joshua David Macht

(1969-01-16) January 16, 1969 (age 52)
NationalityAmerican
Education Wellesley High School
Alma mater Bates College
Harvard University
OccupationPublishing Executive

Joshua David Macht (born January 16, 1969) [1] is an American publishing executive, journalist, and media commentator. He currently serves as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Product Innovation Officer of Harvard Business Publishing and will assume the role of Acting CEO on July 1, 2021. [2] He was previously Group Publisher of the Harvard Business Review Group. [3] [4] [5]

Macht joined HBR from TIME magazine where he worked as the Editor and General Manager of TIME.com. He was also the magazine's Technology Editor. Before that, he was a journalist at Inc. magazine where he became the editor and co-founder of Inc.com. [6]

He was born in Boston and attended Wellesley High School. He is a graduate of Bates College [7] and Harvard University.

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