Author, Professor, Founder, Columbia Business School, Mentora Institute

Hitendra Wadhwa is the author of “Inner Mastery, Outer Impact: How Your Five Core Energies Hold the Key to Success”. He has been a lifelong student of the world’s mystic traditions, and his mission is to discover, codify and teach the laws of success in life and leadership. As Professor at Columbia Business School, he has won the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence for his teaching on Personal Leadership & Success. He is the founder of the Mentora Institute, dedicated to helping build exemplary leaders and inspired organizations. He’s also the founder of the Mentora Foundation which is building a fellowship of changemakers across disciplines for today’s pivotal times. Previously, he worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey and Company, and was the founder and CEO of a Silicon Valley startup, Paramark. Hitendra received an MBA and PhD in Management Science from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and BA (with Honors in Mathematics) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.