Jonah Berger
Jonah Berger is a Wharton marketing professor and author who studies consumer behavior, social influence, word of mouth, and persuasion. He is best known for Contagious, alongside Invisible Influence, The Catalyst, and Magic Words. His books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than 35 languages.
Biography & Author's Journey
Jonah Berger’s public writing grew out of an academic career built around questions of judgment, influence, and behavior. He earned a B.A. in Human Judgment and Decision Making from Stanford University in 2002, completed a Ph.D. in marketing at Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007, and joined the Wharton School that same year. At Wharton, he advanced from assistant professor to tenured associate professor and built a research agenda around word of mouth, digital marketing, natural language processing, and the forces that make ideas, products, and behaviors catch on. ((https://faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Jonah-Berger-CV-2.pdf))
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"Jonah Berger knows more about what makes information go viral than anyone in the world"
— Daniel Gilbert
"Jonah Berger is one of those rare thinkers who blends research-based insights with immensely practical guidance"
— Jim Collins
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— Dan Ariely
"With great insight, Jonah Berger removes the cloak of invisibility from powerful sources of influence and resolves mysteries of human behavior"
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"As he did with Contagious, Jonah Berger takes us deep beneath the surface of things, with mesmerizing results"
— Arianna Huffington
"Jonah Berger has done it again: written a fascinating book that brims with ideas and tools for how to think about the world"
— Charles Duhigg
"Jonah Berger has a knack for making science sparkle, and he doesn’t just tell you how to write and speak more persuasively, he shows you"
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