A highly sought-after business executive and entrepreneur with more than three decades of global experience working with corporations and startups, Linda Yates has served as CEO, board member, and advisor to organizations across many industries including technology, healthcare, finance, consumer, energy, telecommunications, aerospace, industrial, automotive, and more. Linda Yates's work focuses on helping companies drive exponential growth through innovation, strategy, operations, and execution.
In addition to her leadership work, Ms. Yates is the author of "The Unicorn Within — How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed" (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022), which explores how established firms can pursue venture-based growth and innovation more effectively. Globally acclaimed and recently added to the Harvard Business Review Press list of "Top 40 Essential Business Books" as a New Classic, the book has also been listed as “One of 7 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read” by the Big Idea Club run by Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Pink.
Beyond her corporate pursuits, she is a Henry Crown Fellow with the Aspen Institute; co-founder of the Creekside Learning Lab, an educational initiative focused on experiential learning; and serves on the board of Conservation Ambassadors, an organization devoted to wildlife care and conservation education. Ms. Yates has lived, worked, or traveled to over 70 countries and has served as a bridge between Silicon Valley and the global community her entire professional career. She earned a bachelor’s degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in international relations and comparative politics from Stanford University.