Gifford Pinchot III
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| Born | December 29, 1944 |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Pinchot |
Gifford Pinchot III is an American entrepreneur, author and co-founder of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. He is the grandson of the first Chief of the United States Forest Service and the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot, and is widely recognized for carrying on his grandfather's work in conservationism.
In 1985 he wrote the best-selling book "Intrapreneuring" on the topic of Intrapreneurship; a revised edition, entitled "Intrapreneuring in Action" is currently published. The term Intrapreneurship is generally credited to him[1].
In 2002, Pinchot, along with his wife Elizabeth Pinchot, Shermin Severin, and Jill Bamburg, founded the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), the first graduate school in the United States to offer an MBA in sustainable business (see Green MBA).[2] [3].
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[edit] Books
- Intrapreneuring: Why You Don't Have to Leave the Corporation to Become an Entrepreneur (Harper & Row, 1985)
- The Intelligent Organization (Berrett Koehler, 1994)
- Intrapreneuring in Action - A Handbook for Business Innovation (Berrett Koehler, 1999)
[edit] Awards
- In 2008, Executive Excellence Publishing listed Pinchot as number 32 in their Excellence 100 - The top 100 Leadership Consultants.[4]
- In 2009, Pinchot received the Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award[5].
[edit] Education
- A.B., Economics, Harvard University 1965
- Completed coursework for a Ph.D. in neurophysiology at Johns Hopkins University.
- Awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, from the University of Puget Sound.
[edit] References
- ^ Deccan Herald (2011)[1]
- ^ Bainbridge Graduate Institute (2011) [2]
- ^ Bainbridge Graduate Institute (2011) [3]
- ^ Executive Excellence Publishing (2008) [4]
- ^ Olympus[5]
