Frans Johansson is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. His recent bestselling book, The Medici Effect, was named one of the top-10 best business books of 2004 by Amazon.com and has so far been translated into 13 languages. The book looks at how individuals, teams and organizations can create an explosion of remarkable ideas at the intersection of different fields, cultures, and industries. Frans has, in fact, lived at the Intersection most of his life. He was the founder of both a software company and a medical device company. He has written articles on health-care, on information-technology, and on the science of sport fishing. Frans earned his MBA at Harvard Business School and BS at Brown University where he founded the University-wide science magazine ”The Catalyst” inspiring students to this day. He wrote his first book in high-school.

Frans Johansson was raised in Sweden by his African-American and Cherokee mother and Swedish father. He currently resides in New York City with his wife Sweet Joy. Frans has always been passionate about pursuing intersections of disciplines and cultures in search for remarkable ideas.

Frans has spoken extensively about the Medici Effect to companies, organizations and universities across the US and the world. Organizations worldwide have engaged him to speak on issues of innovation and managing diversity. Satisfied clients include: PepsiCo International, Nike, Kodak, General Motors, IBM, Motorola, JP Morgan Chase, SAAB, Pfizer, TeliaSonera, Handelsbanken, Time Warner, EDS, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Industrikapital, Arla Foods, Diversity Best Practice, and many, many more.