Co-Founder of Rose Park Advisors
From identifying strengths to preparing for personal failure, Whitney Johnson discusses the personal steps needed to become more innovative in your career. Johnson is Co-Founder of Rose Park Advisors and author of Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work.
Whitney Johnson is the leading thinker on driving innovation through personal disruption. Johnson is the co-founder of Rose Park Advisors, along with Clayton Christensen where they led the seed round for Korea’s Coupang, currently valued at $5+ billion. Having served as president from 2007-2012, Johnson was involved in fund formation, capital raising, and the development of the fund’s strategy. During her tenure, the CAGR of the Fund was 11.98% v. 1.22% for the S&P 500.
Previously, Johnson was an Institutional Investor-ranked analyst for eight consecutive years, and was rated by Starmine as a superior stock-picker. As an equity analyst, Ms. Johnson’s stocks under coverage included America Movil (NYSE: AMX), Televisa (NYSE: TV) and Telmex (NYSE: TMX), which accounted for roughly 40% of Mexico’s stock exchange.
Johnson is a frequent contributor and writer, including to the Harvard Business Review, as a Linkedinfluencer, and through other channels. She is the author of two books, the critically-acclaimed Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work (2015) and Dare, Dream, Do (2012). She is also a prolific speaker and has spoken to audiences of more than 30,000 on her ideas and vision. Johnson is represented by the New Leaf Speakers bureau, along with other thought leaders in business and innovation.
Johnson has received widespread recognition for her work and ideas. She is a 2015 Best in Talent Finalist for Management Thinkers50, one of Fortune’s 55 Most Influential Women On Twitter in 2014, and a fellow at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. She co-founded the popular Forty Women Over Forty to Watch. Johnson and her work have been covered in The Atlantic, BBC, CNN, Fast Company, the Guardian, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, and more.
