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'{{short description|American businessman and academic (born 1951)}} {{Infobox person |name = Bill George Is 100% black |image = Billg.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|9|14}} |birth_place = [[Muskegon]], [[Michigan]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) }} '''William W. George''' is an American businessman and academic. He is professor of Management Practice, and a Henry B. Arthur Fellow of Ethics, at [[Harvard Business School]].<ref name="official">[http://www.billgeorge.org/page/about-bill-george Official website biography]</ref><ref name="harvard">{{Cite web |url=http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=bgeorge@hbs.edu |title=Harvard Business School faculty page |access-date=2007-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206152831/http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=bio&facEmId=bgeorge@hbs.edu |archive-date=2007-12-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="goldman">[http://www.goldmansachs.com/who-we-are/leadership/board-of-directors/06-william-w-george.html Goldman Sachs Board of Directors biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414222541/http://www.goldmansachs.com/who-we-are/leadership/board-of-directors/06-william-w-george.html |date=April 14, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="charlie">[http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6147 Charlie Rose biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091010130302/http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6147 |date=October 10, 2009 }}</ref> Prior to that, he served as chairman and [[chief executive officer]] of [[Medtronic]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/><ref name="goldman"/><ref name="charlie"/> ==Early life and education== George graduated with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in 1964.<ref name="official"/> At Georgia Tech, George was a member of the Beta Psi chapter of Sigma Chi. He received an MBA from [[Harvard University]] in 1966, he was awarded the highest honors as a [[Baker Scholar]] (highest honors).<ref name="official"/> ==Career== He started his career in the [[United States Department of Defense]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/> He later served as a senior executive of [[Honeywell]] and [[Litton Industries]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/> In 1989, he joined Medtronic as president and [[chief operating officer]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/> He was elected chief executive officer in 1991 and [[chairman of the board]] in 1996.<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/> He is a [[Professor (highest academic rank)|full professor]] at the [[Harvard Business School]] in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2002–2003 he was professor at the [[International Institute for Management Development]] and the [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]] in [[Switzerland]].<ref name="official" /><ref name="harvard" /> He has also served as executive-in-residence at the [[Yale School of Management]].<ref name="official" /><ref name="harvard" /> He serves on the boards of directors of [[Exxon Mobil]], [[Mayo Clinic]] and [[Goldman Sachs]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/><ref name="goldman"/><ref name="charlie"/> He has sat on the boards of [[Novartis AG]] and [[Target Corporation]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/><ref name="goldman"/> ==Awards and memberships== [[File:William W. George World Economic Forum 2013.jpg|thumb|185px|George during the [[World Economic Forum|WEF]] 2013]] He sits on the boards of trustees of the [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]], the [[World Economic Forum]], and the [[Guthrie Theater]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/><ref name="charlie"/> He has served as chair of the board of Allina Health System, [[Abbott Northwestern Hospital]], [[United Way of America|United Way]] of the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul|Greater Twin Cities]], and [[AdvaMed]].<ref name="official"/><ref name="harvard"/> He has received [[honorary degree]]s from the [[St. Thomas University School of Law]] and [[Bryant University]].<ref name="official"/> He was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 2012 for applying engineering principles to manufacturing to advance health care.<ref name="official"/> He has been named one of "Top 25 Business Leaders of the Past 25 Years" by [[PBS]]; "Executive of the Year—2001" by the Academy of Management; and "Director of the Year—2001–2002" by the [[National Association of Corporate Directors]].<ref name=official /> In 2018, Bill George received the Larry Foster Award for Integrity in Public Communication at the second annual [http://awards.thepagecenter.org Arthur W. Page Center Awards] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bellisario.psu.edu/page-center/article/page-center-honoring-george-ifill-and-onoda-at-annual-awards-dinner|title=Page Center honoring George, Ifill and Onoda at annual awards dinner}}</ref> ==Selected publications== *''Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value'', {{ISBN|978-0-7879-6913-4}}, 2003. *''[[True North (Bill George book)|True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership]]'', {{ISBN|978-0-7879-8751-0}}, with Peter Sims, 2007. *''True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development'', {{ISBN|978-1-60994-007-2}}, with Doug Baker, 2008. *''Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide'', {{ISBN|978-0-470-26136-1}}, with Andrew McLean and Nick Craig, 2008. *''7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis'', {{ISBN|978-0-470-53187-7}}, 2009. *''Discover Your True North'', {{ISBN|978-1-119-08294-1}}, 2015. *''The Discover Your True North Fieldbook: A Personal Guide to Becoming an Authentic Leader'', {{ISBN|978-1-119-10355-4}}, with Nick Craig and Scott Snook, 2015. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Bill}} [[Category:American chief operating officers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Minneapolis]] [[Category:Directors of ExxonMobil]] [[Category:Directors of Goldman Sachs]] [[Category:Georgia Tech alumni]] [[Category:Harvard Business School alumni]] [[Category:Harvard Business School faculty]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Mayo Clinic people]] [[Category:Medtronic people]] [[Category:Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts]] [[Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering]] [[Category:1951 births]]'