Christina Wallace

Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School & Author of “The Portfolio Life”

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Christina Wallace Biography

A self-described “human Venn diagram”, Christina Wallace has crafted a career at the intersection of business, technology, and the arts. She is currently a Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Management at Harvard Business School, an active angel investor, and a co-producer of Broadway musicals. Her latest book is The Portfolio Life: How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build A Life Bigger Than Your Business Card (Hachette, 2023).

She also co-authored "New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs", "Invest Like VCs", and "Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth" (Penguin Random House, 2019) with David Kidder, co-founder of innovation advisory firm Bionic, where she worked as the Vice President for Growth before joining the HBS faculty. Early to the podcast scene, she co-created and co-hosted The Limit Does Not Exist, a podcast about portfolio careers produced by iHeartRadio with 125 episodes over 3 seasons and millions of downloads by passionate listeners. Broadway investments have included the 2023 Tony-award-winning PARADE (best musical, best director), SMASH (currently in development), and WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (opens March 2024), which marks her co-producing debut.

Prior to joining Bionic, Wallace founded BridgeUp: STEM, an edtech startup inside the American Museum of Natural History, was the founding director of Startup Institute New York, and the co-founder and CEO of venture-backed fashion company Quincy Apparel. She was also, very briefly, a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and began her career at the Metropolitan Opera. Wallace holds undergraduate degrees in mathematics and theater from Emory University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

She regularly speaks, writes, and consults on a wide range of topics, ranging from the future of work to corporate innovation, from K12 computer science education to her viral TED talk detailing her unique approach to hacking online dating. Mashable called her one of “44 Female Founders to Know” and Refinery29 named her one of the "Most Powerful Women in NYC Tech." She has been profiled in Elle, Marie Claire, the Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company, among others.

Originally from Lansing, Michigan, she earned her high school diploma from Interlochen Arts Academy, where she studied piano, cello, and classical voice. In her free time, she sings with various chamber choirs, embarks on adventure travel, including summiting Mt Kilimanjaro and trekking to Everest Base Camp, and is a mediocre endurance athlete, with 22 half marathons, 3 triathlons, and 3 marathons under her belt. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Chas Carey and their two children.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 12/22/2023.

Christina Wallace Speaking Topics

  • How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger Than Your Business Card

  • The Future of Careers

  • What's in Your Venn Diagram?

  • Think Like a Chief: How to Manage Your Portfolio Life By Stealing from the C-Suite

  • Embrace Failure, Forget about Mentors, and Work at 85% (and Other Counterintuitive Insights from The Portfolio Life)

Christina Wallace Videos

  • Christina Wallace (Harvard Business School) & The Portfolio Life ...
  • The Portfolio Life With Christina Wallace
  • How to stop swiping and find your person on dating apps | Christina ...
    Dating can suck. So many potential people, so much time wasted -- is it even worth it? Podcaster and entrepreneur Christina Wallace thi...

Christina Wallace Books

  • New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth
    New to Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth

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Christina Wallace is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as How to Future-Proof Your Career, Avoid Burnout, and Build a Life Bigger Than Your Business Card, The Future of Careers, What's in Your Venn Diagram?, Think Like a Chief: How to Manage Your Portfolio Life By Stealing from the C-Suite and Embrace Failure, Forget about Mentors, and Work at 85% (and Other Counterintuitive Insights from The Portfolio Life). The estimated speaking fee range to book Christina Wallace for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Christina Wallace generally travels from Cambridge, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Viola Llewellyn, Sylvia Acevedo, Sharon Gai, Dr. Monica F. Cox and Tracy Chou. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Christina Wallace for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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