Professor Scott Galloway

Last Updated on 29 April 2022 by Elza Dabola

Scott Galloway

Scott Galloway is Professor of Marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur who has founded nine companies, including:

• Prophet Brand Strategy, a global consultancy with over 250 employees; 
• Red Envelope, one of the earliest e-commerce platforms; 
• L2, a business intelligence firm; 
• and Section4, an online education platform. 

Scott is also the founder of Firebrand Partners, an operational activist firm that has invested over $1 billion in U.S. consumer and media companies.

He was elected to the World Economic Forum’s “Global Leaders of Tomorrow,” which recognises 100 individuals under age 40 “whose accomplishments have had impact on a global level.”

He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, and most recently, Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity. He has served on the boards of directors of The New York Times Company, Urban Outfitters, and Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. He is a CNN+ host of a show on business and tech premiering Q1 2022.

His Prof G and Pivot podcasts, No Mercy / No Malice blog, and Prof G YouTube channel reach millions. In 2020, Adweek named Pivot Business Podcast of the Year. He received a BA from UCLA and a MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He has been named one of the world’s best business professors by Poets & Quants.

Scott’s speaking topics include:

Post Corona

Professor Galloway looks at the pandemic’s implications on society, the markets, and business. This presentation unpacks how industries including media, retail, tech, healthcare, and education are being impacted by Covid, and what will remain after the dust from this crisis has settled. 

Underhyped vs. Overhyped

Since the Covid pandemic began in 2020, we’ve seen an unprecedented acceleration in business, education, and technology. Prof Galloway cuts through the noise and highlights the products and trends that are receiving too much vs. too little attention and investment. He discusses creative solutions in health tech, higher education, transportation, financial technology, and related fields that will shape the next decade and beyond. 

Annual Predictions

Scott’s provocative annual predictions for the year ahead, available beginning in October. In this session, Professor Galloway will take a look back at what he got right or wrong for the previous year, and he will introduce a series of predictions, trends, and dynamics for the upcoming 1–3 years. Scott’s predictions include, but are not limited to, the themes of big tech, industry disruption, healthcare, education, retail, the streaming wars, and more. 

Future of Education

Professor Galloway dissects the education industry from the 80s to now, focusing on changes in price and exclusivity. He explores the reasons and impacts of these changes and how the pandemic has affected higher education. The presentation finishes with a discussion of trends and where the industry is headed. 

Investing Theses

Scott unpacks his personal investing strategy and the frameworks he uses to evaluate public and private investments. He covers his own equity holdings and private investments and reveals “The Algebra of Wealth,” his personal guide
to achieving financial security. 

Office Hours: Private Edition

Instead of presenting, Professor Galloway is available for one-hour private Q&A sessions with leadership teams
or small groups. Get Scott’s take on the challenges or questions your organization is facing and lean on his experience as an entrepreneur, academic, and board member.