Adi Ignatius
Editor at Large
Adi Ignatius is Editor at Large of Harvard Business Review. He took on that role in 2025 after serving for 16 years as HBR’s Editor in Chief, where he led a period of sustained innovation and growth for the iconic brand. As Editor at Large, Ignatius is spearheading HBR Executive, a new offering for C-suite leaders designed to help them tackle their toughest challenges. He also co-hosts HBR’s flagship IdeaCast podcast.
Prior to joining HBR in 2009, Ignatius was the No. 2 editor at TIME, responsible for the magazine’s international and business coverage as well as special editions like TIME 100 and Person of the Year. He is the editor of two NYT bestselling books: President Obama: The Path to the White House, and Prisoner of the State: The Secret Diaries of Premier Zhao Ziyang. Ignatius lived and worked overseas for nearly 20 years, serving as Editor of TIME’s Asian edition and as The Wall Street Journal’s Bureau Chief in Beijing and Moscow. He is President of Historic Stonington, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves or has served on the advisory boards of Foreign Affairs, The Wire, Climate & Capital Media, DocuSign, and Hult International Business School.
