Philip Kotler

Philip Kotler is known around the world as the “father of modern marketing.” For over 50 years, he has taught at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Kotler’s book "Marketing Management" is the most widely used textbook in marketing worldwide. This is his story—how a Ph.D. economist from M.I.T. became the world’s leading marketing authority, the Father of Modern Marketing.

He is the author of over one hundred and fifty articles and 90 books, including "Principles of Marketing," "Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism," "Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Organizations," "Social Marketing," "Marketing Places," "The Marketing of Nations," "Confronting Capitalism," "Democracy in Decline," and "Advancing the Common Good." His research covers strategic marketing, consumer marketing, business marketing, professional services marketing, and e-marketing. He has been a consultant to IBM, General Electric, AT&T, Bank of America, Merck, Motorola, Ford, and others. He has lectured several times in Italy, Sweden, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and many other countries.

Kotler is the S. C. Johnson Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the J. L. Kellogg School of Management. He has been honored as one of the world’s leading marketing thinkers. He received his M.A. degree in economics (1953) from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D. degree in economics (1956) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and has received honorary degrees from 22 universities, including Stockholm University, the University of Zurich, Athens University of Economics and Business, Budapest School of Economics and Administrative Science, the Kracow School of Business and Economics, and DePaul University.