Ann Hiatt is a best-selling author, executive consultant, speaker, and investor. She is a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years experience reporting directly to CEOs Jeff Bezos (Amazon) as his Executive Business Partner, Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!) as her Executive Business Partner at Google, and Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet) as the company’s first ever Chief of Staff.  
 
Ann is now an entrepreneur herself based in Europe and consults with top CEOs across the globe on leadership and c-suite optimization. She has worked with executive teams at organizations such as Netflix, Starbucks, AWS, Google, Amazon, Prudential, Lockheed Martin, Siemens, and more to hire, train and retain their ideal executive and support teams. She also partners with Venture Capital firms to identify and build up their portfolio CEOs. 

She has published articles in publications such as Harvard Business Review and Fast Company and is a contributing author on CNBC. She has also contributed to articles in The New York Times, Economic Times, The Financial Times, and Forbes. Her bestselling book, “Bet on Yourself,” was published by HarperCollins in 2021.