Jan W. Rivkin

Jan W. Rivkin (born c. 1966) is an American academic. He is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has published research about strategy, competitiveness and income inequality in the United States

Early life Jan W. Rivkin was born circa 1966. He descends from an old Jewish family present in Charleston, South Carolina since the 1800s; his parents are donors to the Jewish Studies Center at the College of Charleston. He grew up in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Rivkin was educated at the Centennial High School in Ellicott City. He earned a master's degree from the London School of Economics after he was awarded the Marshall Scholarship, and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.

In 2015, Rivkin and Porter suggested that the 1% should foster shared prosperity by focusing not on philanthropy and political donations, but finding business-oriented ways to improve the commons (infrastructure, schools and universities, employment skills) at the local level. With his colleagues Joseph B. Fuller and Karen Mills, Rivkin argued that shared prosperity would entail the collective impact of leaders in "government, business, education, nonprofits, labor, philanthropy" and other sectors.

Being a prolific case writer, Rivkin has also featured among the top 40 case authors consistently, since the list was first published in 2016 by The Case Centre. He ranked 33rd In 2018/19, 29th in 2017/18, 33rd in 2016/17 and 29th in 2015/16.

Personal life Rivkin is married to Deborah Sharon Kadish, and he has two sons. They reside in Newton, Massachusetts.