Zack Friedman, Founder & CEO of Make Lemonade

Entrepreneur & CEO. Zack is the Founder & CEO of Make Lemonade, a technology-driven, personal finance marketplace that helps consumers make smarter financial decisions so that they can live a better financial life.

Executive & Investor: Before founding Make Lemonade, Zack served as CFO of an international energy company, and worked on Wall Street as a hedge fund investor. Previously, he worked at The Blackstone Group and Morgan Stanley, and advised boards of directors and management teams of Fortune 500 companies. Zack is a former White House intern to the Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton.

Thought Leader. A nationally-recognized author, Zack has written over 100 columns for Forbes. He is a national voice and thought leader on topics such as leadership, entrepreneurship and investing, among other topics. He regularly interviews top CEOs and entrepreneurs on leadership, strategy, growth and change. Zack's work has appeared or been referenced in numerous publications including Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, MSN, MarketWatch, NBC News, U.S. News & World Report, Entrepreneur, Inc., Politico, New York Magazine and others. He also appears regularly on television and radio, including for CNN, MSNBC, NPR and ABC. CNN has called him "the guy for the case."

Education. Mr. Friedman received a B.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard. He received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and an MBA from Wharton Business School.

Leadership. Zack was named the "Revolutionary CFO of the Year" in the Middle East. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member emeritus of the Dean's Council at Harvard Kennedy School. He is a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and California Bar.

He has served as a board director for several energy and healthcare companies, and as a lecturer at Columbia Law School.

USA Today named him one of the Top 20 college students in America as a member of the All-USA College Academic Team. The Asia Society named him an Asia 21 Young Leader, one of the top leaders under the age of forty who will impact global affairs in coming decades.