Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott (born June 1, 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and public speaker.
Don Tapscott
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- Name
- Don Tapscott
- Born
- 1 June 1947
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- CEO, Tapscott Group Chairman and co-Founder, Blockchain Research Institute
- Spouse
- Ana Paula Lopes
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Trent University · University of Alberta · Orillia Park Street Collegiate
- Honours
- Member of the Order of Canada
- Languages
- English
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Don Tapscott (born June 1, 1947) is a Canadian business executive, author, consultant and public speaker.
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• Name — Don Tapscott • Born — 1 June 1947 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — CEO, Tapscott Group Chairman and co-Founder, Blockchain Research Institute • Spouse — Ana Paula Lopes • Children — Alex Tapscott, Nicole Tapscott
Career
Career
Tapscott has authored or co-authored sixteen books, including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (2006). Tapscott lives in Toronto. He is the former Chancellor of his alma mater Trent University, and serves as an adjunct professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Tapscott was born in Toronto and went to high school in Ontario, graduating from Park Street Collegiate Institute. Tapscott holds a B.Sc. in psychology and statistics and an M.Ed. specializing in research methodology from the University of Alberta. As a student, he ran for mayor of Edmonton in the 1977 municipal election as a member of the Revolutionary Workers' League.
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Don Tapscott is recorded as manager, economist, teacher, writer and businessperson. Formation and teaching. Tapscott studied at Trent University, University of Alberta and Orillia Park Street Collegiate. The record notes the qualification master's degree.
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1947
Don Tapscott born at Toronto.
2006
Wikinomics is dated 2006.
2012
Don Tapscott: Four principles for the open world (TED).
Awards and recognition
Tapscott holds honorary degrees from the University of Alberta (2001), Trent University (2006), and McMaster University (2010). He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.
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