Marc Gunther
Marc Gunther is a leading thinker, writer and speaker about business and sustainability. All of his work is animated by his belief that companies that make the world a better place — by serving their customers, their workers and their communities — will deliver superior results to their owners in the long run.
Marc is a contributing writer to FORTUNE magazine and the author of “Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism is Transforming American Business” (Crown Business, 2004). He is conference chair of Brainstorm: Green, FORTUNE’s conference about business and the environment.
Before joining FORTUNE in 1996, Marc worked for more than 20 years for newspapers including The Paterson (N.J.) News, The Hartford Courant, The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press.
He is the author or co-author of three previous books: “Basepaths: From the Minor Leagues to the Majors and Beyond” (Scribners, 1984), “Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of Monday Night Football” (William Morrow, 1988) with Bill Carter, and “The House That Roone Built: The Inside Story of ABC News” (Little Brown, 1994). “Monday Night Mayhem” became a movie starring John Turturro as Howard Cosell that was shown on TNT.
Marc has contributed to The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other publications. He has appeared on NBC, ABC, PBS, CNN and NPR. He speaks at conferences, corporate events and colleges.
Marc has a B.A. from Yale University, where he majored in English. He lives in Bethesda, Md., with his wife, Karen Schneider, a communications executive.