Stanford ETL: Brian Murray ~ President & CEO, Harper Collins Publishers

This event is organized and hosted by Stanford University.

Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.

 

This week's featured speaker is:

 

Brian Murray

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This event is organized and hosted by Stanford University.

Stanford University's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar is a weekly speaker series that brings innovation leaders from business, finance, technology, education, and philanthropy, to share their insights with aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world.

 

This week's featured speaker is:

 

Brian Murray

Mr. Brian Murray has been Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide of Harper Collins Publishers L.L.C and Harper Collins Publishers Limited since June 5, 2008 and its President since July 2007.

Mr. Murray led the development of worldwide growth initiatives including digital strategy and investment. He also had direct responsibility for the HarperCollins General Books Group in the U.S. which includes HarperCollins, William Morrow and Collins publishing divisions. Mr. Murray served as Group President of Australia and New Zealand operations of Harpercollins Publishers Inc.

Mr. Murray oversaw operations of the U.S. General Books Group. In addition, his portfolio of responsibilities includes oversight of HarperCollins Canada and HarperCollins Australia/New Zealand and serving as the U.S. Representative on the board of HarperCollins India.

Prior to this, he served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of HarperCollins General Books Group in New York. He joined HarperCollins in 1997 and played a key role in the division's financial turnaround. Mr. Murray came to HarperCollins from Booz Allen & Hamilton, one of the country's leading consulting firms, where he served as a Consultant in the Media Practice, working with a number of leading trade publishers. Mr. Murray worked for The Hearst Corporation's New Media Group before taking on his role at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Murray has been Director of NewsStand, Inc. since January 2007.

The seminar runs from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

The event is free and open to the public.

Past events can be reviewed via the ETL website's archive.

http://etl.stanford.edu/

 

 

Here are directions to the venue:

 

http://energyseminar.stanford.edu/nvidia

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