Leon Shapiro
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Leon Shapiro

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Leon Shapiro is the author of The Power of Peers, a book about how CEOs and business leaders can help each other in ways they won't find anywhere else. Specifically, the book discusses how to help CEOs and senior leaders of small to midsize organizations come together to gain fresh perspectives, solve problems, focus on opportunities and possibilities, and make decisions that accelerate the growth of their businesses. Shapiro is the former chief executive officer of Vistage Worldwide, an international peer advisory group for business leaders. During his time at Vistage, Shapiro developed and implemented a long-term strategy to refocus the business on the support of the Chair and member network, invigorated and expanded Vistage’s brand, and leverage the global power of the Vistage community. Additionally, Shapiro is a member of the Vistage Board of Directors and a director at The Advisory Board Company, a global research, technology and consulting firm that partners with more than 200,000 leaders in 4,100 organizations across health care and higher education. In this role as director, Leon works with hospital and university executives to better serve patients and students. Between 2007 and 2011, Shapiro served as senior vice president of strategy and operations at Warner Music Group. Shapiro also served as group president of The NPD Group, Inc., a global provider of consumer and retail information, where he led all of their entertainment and technology-related businesses. From 1989 to 2004, Shapiro served as president of Gartner Executive Programs at Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry. In this role, Shapiro increased global events revenues more than 165 percent from $49 million to $130 million, and was responsible for more than $200 million in revenue, as well as $92 million in EBITDA, and consistently achieved growth rates in excess of 25 percent in executive programs. Shapiro earned his bachelor's degree in economics and political science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and has completed advanced MBA courses at the University of Connecticut.
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