Chris Anderson
Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine / Author,
As editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson is one of the most knowledgeable and articulate voices at the center of the new economy. He has written a book that defines an entirely new economic model for business, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More. The book explores the tremendous business potential of the long tail. Products create a new market as big as the one we already know.
Before taking the helm at Wired, Chris worked at The Economist for seven years in various positions in London, Hong Kong and New York, ranging from Technology Editor to US Business Editor. He also served as an editor at the two premier science journals, Science and Nature. He has a degree in physics from George Washington University and did research at Los Alamos National Laboratory.