Marc Feigen

Marc A. Feigen is an American business executive.^[1] As the CEO of Feigen Advisors, he primarily advises CEOs in the Fortune 200, while training and educating new CEOs for the chief executive role.^[2][3] Considered "America's leading coach for CEOs," Feigen has guided more than 35 chief executives of global companies, including Disney, Ford, and Netflix.^[4][5][6] He is an expert on CEO succession and investor relations.^[7][8]

Feigen Advisors publishes the annual “New CEO Report,” which profiles new S&P 250 CEOs and has been cited in Fortune, HuffPost, and other news outlets.^[9][10][11] The chairman of the firm's Advisory Board is Richard Parsons, the former chairman of Citigroup and the former chairman and CEO of Time Warner.^[12]

A Harvard Business Review contributor, Feigen is quoted in The Wall Street Journal as an expert on corporate management.^[13][14][15] Feigen advocates for companies to groom and choose more female CEOs, and for companies to consider co-CEOs as a way of "doubling capacity."^[16][17][18] His research, published in Harvard Business Review, showed that co-CEOs delivered nearly 40 percent higher shareholder returns than the industry average across 87 public companies.^[19][20] In March 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported that then-Netflix CEO (and current executive chairman) Reed Hastings enlisted Feigen for succession planning help.^[21] According to Australian Financial Review, Feigen spent months with co-CEO Greg Peters (who was COO at the time) training him to co-lead Netflix.^[22]

Stephen J. Dubner, co-author of the Freakonomics book series, has called Feigen "an evangelist for co-CEOs."^[23] In September 2023, Feigen appeared on Freakonomics Radio as an expert on the conditions that help predict whether co-CEOs and other business leaders will succeed.^[24]

In 2017, Fortune profiled Feigen's work as a CEO advisor, calling him "the CEO whisperer" and sharing five of his management lessons.^[25] The story praises Feigen for "lift[ing] the role of C-suite counselor to an entirely new dimension."^[26] That same year, Feigen appeared on Wharton Business Radio to discuss the 2016 New CEO Report.^[27] He also published an op-ed column in Investor's Business Daily explaining the report's key findings.^[28]

Other activities

Feigen is the Executive Vice Chairman and co-founder of Cambridge in America.^[29][30] He is also an Honorary Fellow at St John’s College (University of Cambridge) and co-chair of Every Vote Counts' executive board.^[31][32]

Feigen teaches a course on the CEO's role at the Cambridge Judge Business School, where he is a member of the advisory board.^[33][34] He also serves on the board of the Social Science Research Council.^[35]

Education

Feigen is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. with honors, History); Cambridge University, (M.Phil., International Relations); and the Harvard Business School (MBA).^[36]

Personal life

Feigen has two daughters: Julia and Annabel.^[37]

Publications

• "Dick Parsons: A Tribute To A Man Of Principle And Honor." Black Enterprise, 2025^[38]
• "Is It Time to Consider Co-CEOs?" Harvard Business Review, 2022^[39]
• "Look to Military History for Lessons in Crisis Leadership." Harvard Business Review, 2020^[40]
• "The CEO's Guide to Retirement." Harvard Business Review, 2018^[41]
• "The Boardroom's Quiet Revolution." Harvard Business Review, 2014^[42]
• "Ensuring CEO Succession Ability in the Boardroom" chapter in The Talent Management Handbook, McGraw Hill, 2011^[43]
• Real Change Leaders, Times Books, 1996^[44]