Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson
Isaacson in 2012
Born
Walter Seff Isaacson

(1952-05-20) May 20, 1952 (age 71)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Pembroke College, Oxford (BA)
Spouse
Cathy Wright
(m. 1984)
[1][2]
Children1
AwardsBenjamin Franklin Medal (2013)
Nichols-Chancellor's Medal (2015)
National Humanities Medal (2023)
Chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
In office
July 2, 2010 – January 27, 2012
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJames K. Glassman
Succeeded byJeff Shell

Walter Seff Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time.

Isaacson attended Harvard University and Pembroke College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He is the co-author with Evan Thomas of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (1986) and the author of Pro and Con (1983), Kissinger: A Biography (1992), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), American Sketches (2009), Steve Jobs (2011), The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014), Leonardo da Vinci (2017), The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race (2021) and Elon Musk (2023).

Isaacson is a professor at Tulane University and an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg Partners, a New York City-based financial services firm.[3] He was vice chair of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, which oversaw the rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, chaired the government board that runs Voice of America, and was a member of the Defense Innovation Board.

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  2. ^ Robin Pogrebin, "At Work and at Play, Time's Editor Seeks to Keep Magazine Vigorous at 75" Archived January 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, New York Times, March 9, 1998.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference MichaelNeibauer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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