Biography
Andrew Winston
Sustainability adviser, speaker, and author of Net Positive, The Big Pivot, and Green to Gold
Andrew Winston is a globally-recognized expert on megatrends and how to build companies that thrive by serving the world. He is one of the most widely read writers on sustainable business in the world, with regular columns in Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.
Andrew’s book Green to Gold has reached more than 100,000 people in seven languages. Inc. Magazine included Green to Gold on its all-time list of 30 books that every manager should own. And Andrew’s latest book, Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More than They Take, was co-authored with the renowned CEO Paul Polman.
Andrew was selected for Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 thinkers to watch in 2020. He has been quoted in or appeared in major media such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and CNBC. His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world’s leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, HP, J&J, KimberlyClark, Marriott, PepsiCo, PwC, Trane Technologies, and Unilever.
Andrew is a highly respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands with an entertaining message of practical optimism: the world’s challenges are great, but business has the tools, resources, and creativity to build a thriving world. He has brought his inspiration to leadership meetings of the top executives of multinationals, to large industry conferences, and to high-profile events like the World Innovation Forum and TED.
Andrew’s work is based on significant business experience and education. His early career included advising companies on corporate strategy while at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in strategy and marketing at Time Warner and MTV. He received his BA in Economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale.
He lives in Greenwich, CT, with his wife and two sons.
