Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business and host of the Prof G and Pivot Podcasts. For Scott Galloway speaking inquiries, email speaking@profgmedia.com
May 11
Since the Great Recession, the Four – Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google – have amassed a combined market cap greater than the GDP of France. The accretion of stakeholder value (for consumers, investors, and employees) is staggering. If we could suss out the underpinnings of…
May 4
This past week saw a slew of earnings and more evidence that the Four are increasing their influence, and have become toxic for our economy and the commonwealth. Amazon crushed earnings, and the stock hit an all-time high. We've said, for two years now, that…
April 27
I have a friend in town, a successful hedge fund manager who moved to Cascais, a small town outside Lisbon. He wanted to reset his life — focus more on family and take advantage of Portugal's tax benefits. He stays with me when in town,…
April 20
Everyone needs to feel relevant, to have a stage where they hear applause. For me it's been work and school. The last several years, L2 has been my identity, as it required my full attention, and I was the man in charge. I grew as…
April 13
During this week's congressional hearings, Mark Zuckerberg came across as a robot. A robot can be programmed to follow an algorithm that humans can’t match in speed, endurance, and discipline. The humans questioning the Zuck put on display many of the worst features of our…
March 30
This week we take a break from the privacy meets data, meets lack of concern for the commonwealth, meets GDPR, meets Trump obsessed with Amazon shitshow that is big tech. A bit sick of it all. Cy Cordner In junior high I was invisible. In…
March 23
Facebook is the perfect storm for the commonwealth. When firms have become a threat to US economic growth, let alone national security, there have been numerous parties to step in to ensure the great experiment, the US, remains the beacon of the free world. However,…
March 16
Ten years ago the Public Affairs department at Stern called me and said Bloomberg TV was looking for a marketing prof to come on air and discuss Apple's earnings, as the scheduled guest had canceled. Two hours later I was on with Pimm Fox, providing…
March 9
Excerpt from The Four, chapter on Apple. No technology firm has solved the problem of aging — losing relevance. As a luxury brand, Apple is the first tech company to have a shot at multigenerational success. Apple did not start as a luxury brand. It…
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