Leonard A Schlesinger

Hi, I am Leonard A. Schlesinger, the 12th president of Babson College, came to the College from Limited Brands where I was vice chairman and chief operating officer.

My academic career includes 20 years at Harvard Business School where I served as the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration. I am the author or co-author of nine books, including The Value Profit Chain (Free Press), The Service Profit Chain (Free Press) and The Real Heroes of Business . . . and Not a CEO among Them (Doubleday).

I earned a DBA from Harvard Business School, an MBA from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University.