Matt Symonds

Agnostic, Business leader, Connector, Entrepreneur, Foodie, Idea generator, Parent, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Regular columnist for The Economist, Forbes, BusinessWeek and contribute editorial to The Times UK, The Independent, Times of India, Handelsblatt, CNBC European Business and others. Founder of SymondsGSB, consultancy firm offering strategic marketing consulting and business development support to business and graduate schools. Public speaker on business education in 35+ countries, including TV and radio Father of twins, and spent the last year volunteering on education projects in India and Venezuela, conservation projects in the Amazon, and exploration in Australia and Antarctica. Founder of World MBA Tour in 1995, and subsequently co-Director of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, whose activities include TopMBA, World Grad School Tour, Global Workplace, Women in Leadership Author of international bestseller, "Getting the MBA Admissions Edge", sponsored by Goldman Sachs and McKinsey In early 90s set up and managed European franchise for Kaplan Test Prep (Washington Post group) Have written for large spectrum of additional international media, including Washington Post, Boston Globe, SF Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Newsweek, The Guardian, Le Figaro, Warsaw Business Journal, Expansion, South China Morning Post, WSJ Asia

The world, and the people, plants and animals on it. Education, for both kids and adults. Family travel, olive oil, venezuelan chocolate, 1960s British sports cars, butterflies and golden retrievers.

Entrepreneurs, social and business, will save the world

Higher Education, MBA, Scrambled eggs

Talking from the 'I'