Craig Hatkoff
Craig Hatkoff is co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Disruptor Foundation and annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, two collaborations with disruptive innovation theorist and Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen. Hatkoff began his career at Chemical Bank where he was a pioneer of the real estate securitization industry and went on to co-found Capital Trust before serving as a chairman and board member. He left Capital Trust in 2000 to pursue his passion for entrepreneurial and creative endeavors focused in the field of disruptive innovation. He is also a co-author and founder of Turtle Pond Publications, a leading publisher of Scholastic children’s books including #1 New York Times bestseller Owen & Mzee. Craig graduated from Colgate University in 1976 and received his MBA from Columbia University 1978. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School where he created and teaches the course on Disruptive Innovation.
