Marc A. Feigen is an American business executive. [1] As the CEO of Feigen Advisors, he primarily advises CEOs in the Fortune 200, while training and educating new CEOs for the chief executive role. [2] [3] Considered "America's leading coach for CEOs," Feigen has guided more than 35 chief executives of global companies, including Disney, Ford, and Netflix. [4] [5] [6] He is an expert on CEO succession and investor relations. [7] [8]
Feigen Advisors publishes the annual “New CEO Report,” which profiles new S&P 250 CEOs and has been cited in Fortune , HuffPost , and other news outlets. [9] [10] [11] The chairman of the firm's Advisory Board is Richard Parsons, the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner. [12]
A Harvard Business Review contributor, Feigen is quoted in The Wall Street Journal as an expert on corporate management. [13] [14] [15] Feigen advocates for companies to groom and choose more female CEOs, and for companies to consider co-CEOs as a way of "doubling capacity." [16] [17] [18] His research, published in Harvard Business Review, showed that co-CEOs delivered nearly 40 percent higher shareholder returns than the industry average across 87 public companies. [19] [20] In March 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that then-Netflix CEO (and current executive chairman) Reed Hastings enlisted Feigen for succession planning help. [21] According to Australian Financial Review , Feigen spent months with co-CEO Greg Peters (who was COO at the time) training him to co-lead Netflix. [22]
Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics book series, has called Feigen "an evangelist for co-CEOs." [23] In September 2023, Feigen appeared on Freakonomics Radio as an expert on the conditions that help predict whether co-CEOs and other business leaders will succeed. [24]
In 2017, Fortune profiled Feigen's work as a CEO advisor, calling him "the CEO whisperer" and sharing five of his management lessons. [25] The story praises Feigen for "lift[ing] the role of C-suite counselor to an entirely new dimension." [26] That same year, Feigen appeared on Wharton Business Radio to discuss the 2016 New CEO Report. [27] He also published an op-ed column in Investor's Business Daily explaining the report's key findings. [28]
Feigen is the Executive Vice Chairman and co-founder of Cambridge in America. [29] [30] He is also an Honorary Fellow at St John’s College (University of Cambridge) and co-chair of Every Vote Counts' executive board. [31] [32]
Feigen teaches a course on the CEO's role at the Cambridge Judge Business School, where he is a member of the advisory board. [33] [34] He also serves on the board of the Social Science Research Council. [35]
Feigen is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. with honors, History); Cambridge University, (M.Phil., International Relations); and the Harvard Business School (MBA). [36]
Feigen has two daughters: Julia and Annabel. [37]
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