Carl Schramm is recognized internationally as a leading authority on entrepreneurial innovation, job creation, and economic growth. The Wall Street Journal has cited his "prescient" work and The Economist hailed him as "the evangelist of entrepreneurship."
Schramm's contributions in business, public affairs, philanthropy, government, and academia are unparalleled. His understanding of how entrepreneurship fuels economic expansion led President Obama to give Schramm a prominent role in the December 2009 White House jobs summit. Schramm chaired the national advisory commission on measuring innovation during George W. Bush's presidency. In addition, he has advised government leaders worldwide on promoting job growth and economic expansion. In 2009, he was appointed by the Prime Minister of Singapore to serve on the country's Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council.
Schramm is president and CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the world's premier organization dedicated to advancing the development of high-growth firms and understanding the role they play in economic growth. The Kauffman Foundation is the leading private funder of economic research related to growth and innovation in the United States.
Before joining Kauffman, Schramm's prominent roles included serving as a professor at The Johns Hopkins University, running the nation's premier health care industry association, founding several companies that manage health care finance and information technologies, serving as the executive vice president of Fortis, and creating his own merchant banking firm.
Schramm is a prolific writer whose commentary often runs in publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. He frequently appears on CNBC and Fox Business News. His two books, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism (with Robert Litan and William Baumol, now published in seven languages) and The Entrepreneurial Imperative, are considered international classics in their field for their insights into economic growth. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Batten Fellow in the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. He earned degrees in economics and law and has two honorary doctorates. In 2004, the University of Rochester gave Schramm its George Eastman medal for innovation in management.