Myles C. Thompson has been the publisher of Columbia Business School Publishing (CBSP) since it was founded in 2007 in collaboration with Columbia Business School.
The imprint’s program extends Columbia Business School's commitment to bridging academic research and business practice, and reaching the global academic and business communities. By leveraging knowledge gained through innovative research and professional experiences, CBSP seeks to publish books that incorporate the entrepreneurial mindset promoted by the business school. The program is inclusive, multi-format, and interdisciplinary. It adheres to quality standards that attract influential authors and disseminates their ideas to the world of academia, professionals, and university classrooms globally.
Initial CBSP publications are receiving critical and commercial success. Books include:
Warren Buffett says, “This is that rarity, a useful book.”
Accounting for Value by Stephen Penman
"[Accounting for Value] is a gold mine of ideas for investors, academics, and market regulators and establishes Stephen Penman as the modern day standard bearer of the Graham School of Fundamental Investing."—Charles M. C. Lee, Stanford University
Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Toolkit for Managers by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie
"This intelligent how-to follow-up to the first wave of popular design books will serve as a useful guide to going through a design project from start to finish."—Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance by Michael Powers
"Powers has a unique talent for explaining complex matters in a simple way, and his book lays out the fundamental insurance and risk concepts that are essential for success in today’s chaotic environment. Even better, Acts of God and Man is enjoyable and a fun read—rare qualities in risk and insurance literature."—Denis Kessler, Chairman and CEO, SCOR Group
Stalking the Black Swan: Research and Decision-Making in a World of Extreme Volatility by Kenneth A. Posner
Named the Best Foreign Business Book in the Sharjah International Book Fair
Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth by Edward D. Hess
Named one of Inc.’s 2010 Best Books for Business Owners
Named one of the Top 10 Managing Books for 2010 by the Toronto Globe & Mail
The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty by R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan
Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, said, “It is that rare prescriptive book, and the world must pay attention.”
More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places, Updated and Expanded by Michael J. Mauboussin
A worldwide bestseller and translated into 14 languages.
Selected as one of the top ten books of the year by BusinessWeek
Named the best economics book of the year by Strategy + Business.
Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement by William Duggan
Selected as the best strategy book of the year by Strategy + Business.
PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE AT TEXERE
Prior to joining CUP, Myles founded TEXERE, a global non-fiction publisher in finance, economics, marketing and technology. TEXERE had offices in New York City and London. As president and founding publisher of TEXERE, Myles published many notable titles including:
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Worldwide bestseller that led to the author’s publication of the New York Times bestseller The Black Swan. Selected as one of the top ten books of the year by BusinessWeek
Real Options: A Practitioner’s Guide by Tom Copeland & Vladamir Antikarov
Investing: The Last Liberal Art by Robert G. Hagstrom
PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE AT JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC
From 1992 until he left to found TEXERE in 2000, Thompson was the Publisher of the Finance and Investment Program in the Professional, Reference and Trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. He joined Wiley to acquire, develop and publish trade, professional and cross-over academic titles in finance and investment and was Wiley's Editor of the Year twice.
Notable titles Myles published at John Wiley & Sons, Inc. include:
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein
Winner of Financial Times/Booz Allen Best Finance Book of the Year
Selected as one of the top ten business books of the year by BusinessWeek
A global best-seller and the #2 bestselling nonfiction title in 1996 for Amazon.com
The Warren Buffett Way, by Robert G. Hagstrom
It was John Wiley’s first New York Times bestseller, and was on their bestseller list for twenty one weeks.
Selected as one of the top ten business books of the year by BusinessWeek
Bloomberg by Bloomberg by Michael R. Bloomberg
Global best-seller
Soros by Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve by George Soros
Global best-seller
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies by McKinsey
Global bestseller for professionals and MBA programs
Myles also developed the Wiley Investment Classic Series and re-published such titles as:
§ The Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre
§ Common Stock and Uncommon Profits by Philip A. Fisher
§ Where are the Customers’ Yachts? by Fred Schwed Jr
§ A Fool & His Money by John Rothchild
§ The Go-Go Years by John Brooks
§ Mania, Panics, and Crashes by Charles P. Kindleberger
He holds a BA and MA in Anglo-Irish Literature from the National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. He has lectured for the NYU Publishing Institute in NYC and Beijing.