Luke Burgis
Author, professor and entrepreneur
Luke Burgis is a former startup founder turned business professor. He wrote Wanting, a book about mimetic desire in everyday life.
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Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
About Luke Burgis
Luke Burgis founded and led four companies before moving into academic work. He studied business at NYU's Stern School of Business, then philosophy and theology at a pontifical university in Rome. He teaches business at The Catholic University of America and founded the Cluny Institute, which develops programs where philosophy, work and human formation meet. Wanting appeared in 2021 and has been translated into more than 20 languages. He has also written The One and the Ninety-Nine, published in 2026. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he now lives in Washington, DC and West Michigan with his family.