Geoffrey Colvin

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Geoffrey Colvin is a Senior Editor-at-Large at Fortune Magazine, a position he has held since at least 2005. He is co-author—with Larry Selden (of the Columbia Business School—of Angel Customers and Demon Customers (2003), and sole author of the Penguin-Portfolio books, Talent is Overrated (2008), The Upside of the Downturn (2009), and Humans Are Underrated (2015).^{[not verified in body]}

Early life and education

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In interview, Geoffrey Colvin has stated that he was "born and raised in Vermillion, South Dakota",^[when?] leaving there with his parents at age of 14 years.^{[better source needed]} Again, by his own description, he attended and graduated from high school in Carbondale, Illinois, and went to college at Harvard, where he was an economics major.^{[better source needed]} He went on to earn a degree from New York University's Stern School of Business.^{[better source needed]}

Career

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As of July 2026, Geoffrey Colvin is serving as a Senior Editor-at-Large for Fortune Magazine, a position he has held at least since 2005.

Colvin co-led a successor to Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street; when that 2002 CNBC launch, again a Rukeyser-hosted program—itself descended from the cancellation of the PBS program, Wall Street Week with Fortune, that same year—ended a two year run for reason's of the host's health. Colvin and Karen Gibbs co-anchored a program with the same "Wall Street Week with Fortune" name, on its return to PBS, until its cancellation in 2005.

Published works

Colvin is co-author with Larry Selden (of the Columbia Business School) of Angel Customers and Demon Customers (2003), as well as sole author of the Penguin-Portfolio books, Talent is Overrated (2008), The Upside of the Downturn (2009), and Humans Are Underrated (2015).^{[according to whom?]}

References

Further reading

• Taube, Michael (February 13, 2024). "A&E: Remembering Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser". Troy Media (TroyMedia.com). Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Troy Media. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
• Broughton, Philip Delves (October 29, 2008). "The Hard Work of Getting Ahead" (book review, Talent is Overrated). The Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com). New York, NY: Dow-Jones/News Corp. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
• Colvin, Geoff & Fortune Staff (June 24, 2026). "Geoff Colvin". New York, NY: Fortune Magazine. Archived from the original (contributor biosketch) on June 24, 2026. Retrieved July 7, 2026. Note, employer biographies are typically employee-supplied, even composed, and so are not WP:INDEPENDENT sources.
• Colvin, Geoff (October 20, 2008). "Patricia Sellers—Leadership by Geoff Colvin [Guest Post: Geoff Colvin's New Take on Talent]". New York, NY: Fortune Magazine. Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2026.

External links

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