Benjamin Wolff

Benjamin Wolff has written for Forbes Leadership since 2017. His column asks, “What can corporate America learn from the arts?” and profiles leaders who have the insight to find value where those worlds come together.

Wolff graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history from Columbia University and was part of the launch of the Columbia-Juilliard program. He received his Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. In 1997 he co-founded the Foothills Chamber Music Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. For seven years he led the festival as cellist and co-Artistic Director as it presented a celebrated series of summer performances, lectures and symposia at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, the Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, and the Delta Fine Arts Center.

For eighteen years Wolff was Adjunct Professor of Music at Hofstra University and a member of the Hofstra String Quartet. As a cellist, he has performed with ensembles such as Concert Royal, Early Music New York, Sinfonia New York, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and the American Classical Orchestra.

Wolff has delivered innovative programs on creativity, teamwork, and emotional intelligence for companies and organizations such as Cisco, Ingram Micro, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, and Rockefeller University.