Mark Thompson
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Mark Thompson

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Mark Thompson is a globally recognized authority on CEO succession, executive readiness, and high-stakes leadership transitions. He has led more than 100 board-level engagements to prepare C-suite successors to step confidently into enterprise leadership. He is the founding chairman and CEO of the Chief Executive Alliance and the CEO Leadership Plan Review (LPR), and previously served as chief executive of the CEO Academy, a SHRM company in partnership with Wharton and McKinsey. Earlier in his career, Mark reported directly to founder Charles “Chuck” Schwab, serving as executive producer of Schwab’s online trading platform, the first large-scale digital platform for online investing. Together, they introduced the world’s first chief customer experience officer role. Mark earned a place on Forbes’ Midas List as a founding board member of Esurance and as chairman of three companies—Rioport, Interwoven, and Integration Associates—ventures acquired by Allstate, Hewlett-Packard, and Silicon Labs. He served as a founding advisor to Richard Branson’s Entrepreneurship Centers and Virgin Unite. Leadership expert Marshall Goldsmith inducted him into the Thinkers50 Coaching Legends and the Global Gurus Hall of Fame, calling him the world’s number one CEO coach. At Stanford University, Mark co-founded the Realtime Venture Design Lab, a leadership innovation project led by Professor Clifford Nass, where Mark also completed his master’s degree. As a member of the Stanford Faculty Club, Mark launched more than 100 episodes of the Chief Executive Summit Series and CEO Leadership Plan Review, which formed the backbone of this book and his Strategic Transition and Readiness (STAR) methodology for executives. His doctoral research at Purdue University builds on that foundation, exploring the leadership skills most critical to C-suite succession. He is co-author of CEO Ready: How to Earn & Keep the Job; Admired, a New York Times bestseller, Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters, and Now, Build a Great Business. He resides in Manhattan and Orlando and is a Golden Visa resident of the United Arab Emirates.
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