S.C. Johnson Professor of Sustainable Global EnterpriseCornell University
Christopher Marquis is the Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University and is a leading expert on how businesses can achieve the elusive triple bottom line of social, environmental and financial performance. He is the author of Better Business: How the B Corp Movement is Remaking Capitalism One Company at a Time. Prior to joining Cornell, he taught at Harvard Business School for 10 years, where he developed an award-winning course on Social Entrepreneurship.
Chris’ teaching and research focuses on how business can have a positive impact on society and in particular how organizations can be designed to maximize both business and social value. He has authored over 20 peer reviewed academic articles and over 50 published business cases on these topics. His research has earned awards for scholarly achievement from the Academy of Management and the American Sociological Association, and he has been recognized as a Faculty Pioneer by the Aspen Institute.
Chris received a PhD in sociology and business administration from the University of Michigan, following a BA in History from Notre Dame and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Before his academic career, Marquis worked for six years in the financial services industry, most recently as vice president and technology manager for a business unit of J.P. Morgan Chase.