Biography

Scott Galloway is a Clinical Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business where he teaches brand strategy to second-year M.B.A. students. Professor Galloway is also the founder of Firebrand Partners, an operational activist firm that, since 2005, has invested over $1 billion in U.S. consumer and media companies.

In 1997, Professor Galloway founded Red Envelope, considered the premier Internet-based branded consumer gift retailer (2007, $100mm revs.). In 1992, he founded Prophet, a brand strategy consultancy, which employs more than 100 professionals in the United States, Europe and Asia, where he served as C.E.O. (1992-2000) and Chairman (2000-2002). Professor Galloway was elected to the World Economic Forum's "Global Leaders of Tomorrow", which recognizes 100 individuals under the age of 40 "whose accomplishments have had impact on a global level."

Professor Galloway serves on the board of directors of Eddie Bauer (Nasdaq: EBHI), The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), eco-America, and Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He received a B.A. from UCLA and an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley.

Courses Taught

• Brand Strategy

Academic Background

M.B.A., Marketing, 1992
UC Berkeley

B.A., Economics, 1987
UCLA