Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times. He is a frequent contributor to This American Life, NPR, PBS NewsHour, and Frontline who has spoken to audiences from MIT to the San Francisco Association of REALTORS. Read Full BiographyAbout Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit has spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. His journalistic accomplishments have made him an in-demand speaker for organizations from the UCLA School of Management to The Johnson Foundation and the National Association of Science Teachers. He is a prize-winning investigative reporter for the business section of The New York Times, where he contributes to the newspaper and the Times Magazine. He has authored or contributed to The Reckoning (2008), which studied the causes and outcomes of the financial crisis and Toxic Waters (2009), about the worsening pollution in American waters. He was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting as a member of The New York Times staff for the series “The iEconomy,” examining Apple’s manufacturing practices overseas and what it tells us about the American economy. His work has won many awards in addition to the Pulitzer Prize, including the George Polk Award in 2007, the Gerald Loeb Award in 2008, and the National Journalism Award in 2009.
In addition to his reporting for the Times, Charles Duhigg is a regular contributor to television and radio, including the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Frontline, Dr. Oz and various programs on CNBC and NPR.
Before becoming a journalist, Mr. Duhigg worked in private equity and founded a health care company in his home state of New Mexico. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and Yale College.