About Richard Florida

Richard Florida is one of the world’s leading urbanists.

He is a writer and journalist, having penned several bestsellers, including the award- winning The Rise of the Creative Class and The New Urban Crisis. He co-founded CityLab, the world’s leading publication for cities and urbanism.

He is a researcher and professor, currently Visiting Distinguished Professor at Vanderbilt University as well as University Professor at the University of Toronto, and Kresge Foundation Visiting Senior Fellow. He previously taught at Carnegie Mellon University and has been a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT.

He is an entrepreneur, as founder of the Creative Class Group which provides strategic advice to companies, foundations, and governments worldwide, and serves on the boards of several real estate development firms, venture capital firms, and investment funds.

To find out more about Richard as a speaker, email rana@creativeclass.com