Karim Lakhani
InvestorAcademic Partner at Flagship Pioneering · Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About
Harvard Business School professor of technology management and innovation, and author of 'Competing in the Age of AI'.
Experience
- CloudflareMember Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- Harvard UniversityChair & Co-Founder Digital, Data, & Design Institute at Harvardcurrent2022 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- Harvard Business SchoolDorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administrationcurrent2006 — present
- Flagship PioneeringAcademic Partnercurrent2021 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- MozillaMember Board of Directors2016 — 2024
- Boston Consulting GroupStrategy Consultant1999 — 2006
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementLecturer2005 — 2006
- GE Medical SystemsSales and Marketing for Medical Systems1993 — 1997
Skills & more
IT Management85Product Development99Strategic Planning99Management Consulting99Business Strategy99Analytics43Business Analysis30
Languages English · Urdu
From Karim's professional profile.
Colleagues at Flagship Pioneering
Avak Kahvejian
General Partner at Flagship Pioneering
Geoffrey von Maltzahn
General Partner at Flagship Pioneering
Ignacio Martinez
General Partner at Flagship Pioneering
Jack Nolan
Director, Strategy & Operations at Charlesbank Capital Partners
Noubar Afeyan
Investor at Flagship Pioneering
Yvonne Hao
MA Secretary of Economic Development & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karim Lakhani?
- Harvard Business School professor of technology management and innovation, and author of 'Competing in the Age of AI'.
- Where does Karim Lakhani work?
- Karim Lakhani is Academic Partner at Flagship Pioneering.
- Where did Karim Lakhani go to school?
- Karim Lakhani studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (PhD, Innovation and Technology Management); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Technology and Policy); McMaster University (B.ENG.MGT., Electrical Engineering and Management).
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Shared employers
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