BA in English, Amherst College. 1978, studied painting, then exhibited video art at MoMA, NY. From 1983, with Fortune magazine, including: Senior Editor, Internet and Tech; Founder and Host, Fortune Brainstorm Conference series. 2010 Founder, Techonomy Media, and its annual Techonomy Conference. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Tech author, conference host and media entrepreneur. Writes for Techonomy, LinkedIn, Forbes and Vanity Fair, covering internet trends, leaders and the impact of tech. Author, The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World (2010).