ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Harry M. Jansen Kraemer Jr. is a professor of management and strategy at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive MBA programs. He is also an executive partner with Madison Dearborn Partners, one of the leading private equity firms in the United States, where he consults with CEOs and other top executives of companies in Madison Dearborn's extensive portfolio. Kraemer is the former chairman and CEO of Baxter International Inc., a multibillion-dollar global health care company, and serves on the boards of several public, private, and nonprofit organizations. He graduated summa cum laude from Lawrence University of Wisconsin in 1977 and received an MBA degree from the Kellogg School in 1979. A recognized expert in values-based leadership, Kraemer has written and spoken widely on the topic and was featured in Comebacks (Jossey-Bass, 2010), a collection of leadership profiles. He was voted the Kellogg School Professor of the Year in 2008. Harry, his wife, Julie, and their five children live in Wilmette, Illinois.