Margaret Heffernan
Entrepreneur, executive and business author
Margaret Heffernan is an entrepreneur and former chief executive who writes about business, leadership and decision making.
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American Born 1955 in Texas, United States
About Margaret Heffernan
Heffernan was born in Texas, grew up in Holland and studied at Cambridge University. She started out in BBC radio and television, making documentaries and dramas, then ran a trade association for independent film and television producers. Later she led internet companies at CMGI, serving as chief executive of InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and iCAST Corporation. Willful Blindness reached the finalist list for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs business book prize. A Bigger Prize won the Transmission Prize. She holds a professor of practice post at the University of Bath's School of Management, and in 2021 she entered the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame.