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George D. Pillari
The Contrarian newsletter is an extension of my best-selling book, The Seven Deadly Stupidities. I share real-world strategies and historical stories to help you challenge conventional wisdom.
Who is George Pillari?
George has been invited to Forbes Business Council, has appeared on CNN, and been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post.
George has raised several billon of capital in his career and has more than 30 years of experience in scaling, selling, merging and acquiring companies.
He was an EY Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year.
As an undergraduate, he co-founded a company with two professors at The Johns Hopkins University. The company grew to more than 1,000 employees, went public, and traded on the NASDAQ. It is now part of IBM’s Watson Artificial Intelligence business.
He went on to work as a crisis manager at more than 100 companies and was a source of truth for a company’s board, investors, and lenders. George has a B.S. in Mathematical Sciences from The Whiting School of Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University.