Occupation Writer, professor Role Author Name Adam Grant | Nationality U.S. Language English Spouse Allison Grant | |
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Born August 13, 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-08-13 ) Alma mater Harvard CollegeUniversity of Michigan Genre Prosocial Motivation, Success, Business, Education, Psychology, Interpersonal Relations, Economics Notable works Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success (April 9, 2013) Books Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success Nominations Goodreads Choice Awards Best Nonfiction Profiles |
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Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American author and a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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- The power of powerless communication adam grant at tedxeast
- Give and take with adam grant
- Early life and education
- Career
- Books
- References

Give and take with adam grant
Early life and education

Adam Grant was born August 13, 1981, and grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Grant participated in springboard diving growing up and was named a high school All-American in 1999.

He received a B.A. from Harvard College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology. He worked as a professional magician during college; and while in graduate school, he married wife Allison, with whom he has three children.
Career

Grant was an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2007 to 2009. After publishing several papers in leading academic journals, he was hired as an associate professor at the Wharton School in 2009, becoming the school's youngest tenured professor in history at age 28.

Grant is the author of three New York Times bestselling books: Give and Take (2013), Originals (2016), and Option B (2017), co-authored with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Also, in 2016, he delivered a TED talk on the habits of original thinkers.

In recognition for his work, in 2015, Grant was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a Thinkers50 Most Influential Global Management Thinker. Also, in 2016, he was named to Fortune's 40 under 40 (2016).
Books
