About the Authors

John Coleman holds an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Dean’s Award Winner for leadership and service and Class Day speaker. He also holds a MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was awarded both a George Fellowship and a Zuckerman Fellowship for public leadership.

Raised in Columbus, GA, John attended Berry College as an undergraduate, where he was a U.S. national public speaking champion in 2004. He has experience in both asset management and the nonprofit sector, and his work and education have taken him to places like Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, China, and South Korea. John published a book on communications in 2009 and has written for numerous publications including Harvard Business Review and Forbes.com.

After school, John returned to McKinsey & Company and lives in Atlanta with his wife, Jackie. He is passionate about his faith, his family, writing, public policy, and leadership development.

Daniel Gulati holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was both a George F. Baker Fellow and an Arthur Rock Entrepreneurial Fellow. He was selected to receive the Robert F. Jasse Distinguished Award in Entrepreneurship & Leadership.

Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction (Economics and Accounting) from the University of New South Wales, where he served as an Associate Lecturer in Accounting. He has been a Senior Associate at the Boston Consulting Group and worked at Macquarie Bank.

Daniel is currently the Founding CEO of FashionStake, a venture-backed fashion company based in New York City. Prior to FashionStake, Daniel founded and successfully exited two consumer products companies.

Born and raised in the Philippines, W. Oliver Segovia holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School where he was a LeBarron-MacArthur-Ellis Fellow and a board director of the Harbus News Corporation. Oliver graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila University, where he was an Asian debating champion and founding editor of a student business journal.

In 2005, Oliver won first prize in the World Bank International Essay Competition for his work on an educational social venture. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, Oliver is passionate about emerging markets, innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership. His work experience spans consumer products, publishing, real estate, and e-commerce. Oliver worked with Procter & Gamble Asia, where he helped launch new products and marketing campaigns for emerging markets in Asia.

Oliver has lived in Singapore, Bangkok, and Boston. After business school, he returned to Manila and cofounded a real estate company and an e-commerce start-up.