Rachel Botsman Bio | Wiki
Rachel Botsman is a British author and university lecturer. Currently, she is teaching at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School specializing in trust in the digital age. Previously, Rachel designed and taught the first-ever Oxford MBA course on the ‘Collaborative Economy’. She has lived on four continents, given three celebrated TED talks, and written two critically acclaimed books.
Rachel is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and Wired. She was recognized as one of the “Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company. The World Economic Forum called her a “Young Global Leader” and she is part of Thinkers50 2016 Radar list of up-and-coming management thinkers.
Rachel Botsman Age
Rachel was born on February 16, 1978, in London, United Kingdom. She is 44 years old.
Rachel Botsman Height
She is a woman of average stature. Rachel stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in (Approx. 1.62 m).
Rachel Botsman Family
She was born and raised in London, the United Kingdom by her parents. Rachel says that the scar that splits her left eyebrow is a result of her brother hitting her on the head with a tennis racket when she was five. She moved to New York, United States after studying at Harvard, and then to Sydney. She holds a British nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.
Rachel Botsman Husband
Rache married her Australian husband, a barrister. She moved to Sydney after their wedding. The couple resides in Oxford with their two children and beloved dog Mack.
Rachel Botsman Oxford
She received her BFA (Hons) from the University of Oxford. Later Rachel attended Harvard University for her postgraduate studies and graduated in 2002. She worked in brand consulting and became a Director at the William J. Clinton Foundation. Currently, she sits on the board of the National Roads and Motorists’ Association (NRMA).
Rachel Botsman Ted Talk
Rachel is a world-renowned speaker for her clear insights and warm storytelling. Her past clients have included Salesforce, the World Business Forum, Goldman Sachs, Aspen Ideas Festival, Adobe, and Snapchat. She has often voted the audience’s favorite speaker at events and her TED talks have been viewed more than five million times. Rachel received three celebrated TED talks.
Rachel Botsman Who Can You Trust | Trust Issues
“Who Can You Trust?”, is Rachel’s forthcoming book and became published in 2017. The book explains why trust is shifting in all kinds of institutions and yet at the same time, the rise of new technologies is enabling “distributed trust” across networks of people, organizations, and intelligent machines. It received praise from Adam Grant, Marc Benioff, Sherry Turkle, and became named one of the best books of the year by Wired.
What’s Mine Is Yours Rachel Botsman
Her book “What’s Mine is Yours”, became published in 2010. The book predicted the rise of the ‘sharing economy, and received praise from TIME magazine as one of the “10 Ideas that Will Change the World.” It also became a finalist for the 800-CEO-Read Business Book Awards in 2010. Rachel’s books have been translated into 14 languages.
Rachel Botsman Trust Issues | Podcast
Her first podcast series, Trust Issues, was recognized as one of the most thought-provoking of the year by the British Podcast Awards. Rachel’s newest podcast Rethink Moments is a flagship show within the LinkedIn Podcast Network. It explores culturally significant ideas and events that changed how we think and rethinks how these moments changed us. New episodes air every Monday.
Rachel Botsman Collaborative Consumption
Rachel’s theory of collaborative consumption, as defined in her 2010 book, What’s Mine is Yours, was named by TIME as one of the “Ten Ideas That Will Change the World”. She described the Collaborative Economy as systems that unlock value from underused assets by matching ‘needs’ and ‘haves’ in ways that bypass traditional intermediaries and distribution channels.
Rachel Botsman Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Rachel’s estimated net worth is $875,984.
Who is Rachel Botsman
Rachel is a British author and university lecturer. She serves as a lecturer at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School specializing in trust in the digital age.