MIT Sloan invites more than 400 of the world’s finest leaders to campus every year. The most anticipated of these visits are the talks given as part of the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series, which features the most dynamic movers and shakers of our day.
At a school that places enormous value on having both feet planted in the real world, the Dean’s Innovative Leader Series is a powerful learning tool. Students have the rare privilege of engaging in frank and meaningful discussions with the leaders who are shaping the present and future marketplace.
President & CEO
Akamai Technologies
February 18, 2010
Wong Auditorium, 12 noon
Paul Sagan, president and CEO of Akamai, joined the company in October 1998. Mr. Sagan was elected to the Akamai Board of Directors in January 2005, and he became CEO in April 2005. He brings to Akamai the experience of leading visionary technology companies and media businesses and a wealth of management experience.
Previously, Mr. Sagan served as senior advisor to the World Economic Forum from 1997 to 1998, consulting to the Geneva-based organization on information technology for the world's 1,000 foremost multinational corporations
Dr. Jim Yong Kim has been recognized as a global leader and distinguished professional, including being awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 2003 and being named one of America's 25 best leaders by US News & World Report in 2005. Dr. Kim spoke about “Bridging the Delivery Gap to Global Health,” as part of the Dean's Innovative Leader Series.
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