Peter Vanham

Peter Vanham is a business journalist, author, and researcher, who writes about the global economy and the people who shape it, as well as concepts such as stakeholder capitalism and sustainability.

As an author, his books include The New Nature of Business (with Andre Hoffmann, 2024), Stakeholder Capitalism: A Global Economy that Works for Progress, People and Planet (with Klaus Schwab, 2021) and “Before I Was CEO: Life Stories and Lessons from Leaders Before They Reached the Top” (2016). His books have been translated into over a dozen languages.

As a journalist, Peter works as Editorial Director, Leadership, at Fortune, and is one of the main contributors to Fortune’s CEO Daily flagship newsletter. Prior to Fortune, he was Head Writer and Head of the International Media Council at World Economic Forum. His articles appeared in dozens of media, including Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and Foreign Policy.

As a researcher, Peter is pursuing an Executive PhD at ESCP Business School in Paris. He holds Executive Master’s degrees in Management Research (ESCP) and Global Leadership (World Economic Forum), and Master’s degrees in Business and Economics Journalism (Columbia University, with a Fulbright scholarship) and Commercial Engineering (KU Leuven).

He lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland, with his wife and two daughters.