Adam M. Grant (born August 13, 1981) is an American popular science author, and professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania specializing in organizational psychology.
Early life and education
Grant was born in the township of West Bloomfield, Michigan, on August 13, 1981, to a lawyer father and a teacher mother.
He grew up in the suburbs of
Detroit. Grant participated in
springboard diving and aspired to be a professional basketball player growing up.
During high school, he was named an
in 1999 in diving.
He received a B.A. from Harvard College, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in organizational psychology.
Academic career
Before pursuing a career in academia, Grant was the advertising director at Let's Go Publications and a professional magician.
Grant was hired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to serve as an assistant professor of organizational behavior in 2007.
After publishing a series of papers in academic journals, he was hired as an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2009, becoming the school's youngest
Academic tenure professor at age 28.
He was ranked by students the best professor at the university from 2011 to 2017.
In 2023, Grant was named by the Thinkers50 as the #2 most influential management thinkers in the world.
Business
Grant is the host of the
WorkLife and
ReThinking podcasts.
In 2017 Grant co-founded (along with University of Michigan professor Wayne Baker and entrepreneur Cheryl Baker) Give and Take, Inc.,
Grant serves on the board of Lean In
Personal life
While in graduate school, Grant married Allison; the couple have two daughters
and a son.
Books
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Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success (Viking, 2013)
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Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World (Viking, 2016)
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Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy. with Sheryl Sandberg (Knopf, 2017)
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Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know (Penguin, 2021).
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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things (Penguin, 2023).
Awards
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2011 winner of the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.
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2015, named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
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