Marc A. Feigen is an American business executive.[1] As the CEO of Feigen Advisors, he primarily advises CEOs in the Fortune 200, while training and educating new CEOs for the chief executive role.[2][3][4] Considered "America's leading coach for CEOs," Feigen has guided more than 35 chief executives of global companies, including Disney, Ford, and Netflix.[5][6][7] He is an expert on CEO succession and investor relations.[8][9][10]
Feigen Advisors publishes the annual “New CEO Report,” which profiles new S&P 250 CEOs and has been cited in Fortune, HuffPost, and other news outlets.[11][12][13][14] The chairman of the firm's Advisory Board is Richard Parsons, the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner.[15]
A Harvard Business Review contributor, Feigen is quoted in The Wall Street Journal as an expert on corporate management.[16][17][18] Feigen advocates for companies to groom and choose more female CEOs, and for companies to consider co-CEOs.[19] His research, published in Harvard Business Review, showed that co-CEOs delivered nearly 40 percent higher shareholder returns than the industry average across 87 public companies.[20][21] In March 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that then-Netflix CEO (and current executive chairman) Reed Hastings enlisted Feigen for succession planning help.[22] According to Australian Financial Review, Feigen spent months with co-CEO Greg Peters (who was COO at the time) training him to co-lead Netflix.[23]
Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics book series, has called Feigen "an evangelist for co-CEOs."[24] In September 2023, Feigen appeared on Freakonomics Radio as an expert on the conditions that help predict whether co-CEOs and other business leaders will succeed.[25]
In 2017, Fortuneprofiled Feigen's work as a CEO advisor, calling him "the CEO whisperer" and sharing five of his management lessons.[26] The story praises Feigen for "lift[ing] the role of C-suite counselor to an entirely new dimension."[27] That same year, Feigen appeared on Wharton Business Radio to discuss the 2016 New CEO Report.[28] He also published an op-ed column in Investor's Business Daily explaining the report's key findings.[29]
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^Parsons, Richard D.; Feigen, Marc A. (2014-03-01). "The boardroom's quiet revolution". Harvard Business Review. 92 (3): 98–104, 126. ISSN0017-8012. PMID24693753.
^Berger, Lance; Berger, Dorothy (2010-12-01). The Talent Management Handbook: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting, Developing, and Promoting the Best People (2 ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN9780071739054.
^Katzenbach, Jon R. (1997-06-10). Real Change Leaders: How You Can Create Growth and High Performance at Your Company (1st pbk. ed.). New York: Crown Business. ISBN9780812929232.
