The Premier Academy for Chief Executive Officers and Board Leaders
Founded by Dennis Carey in 1999, the CEO ACADEMY® has emerged as the best refresher course in the United States for long serving CEOs as well as the perfect “war room” training ground for newer CEOs and potential successors. The Academy is led by a faculty of some of the best recently retired, successful CEOs and top academics at the Wharton School. It has been cited by participating CEOs as the “absolute best program anywhere for CEO preparation” and “nothing compares to it for take–home value and its no nonsense approach to value creation – even for long–serving CEOs.”
Dennis expanded the program to include board leaders in 2016, and established the Wharton School partnership in 2017. Dennis continues to recruit CEOs and board directors as Vice Chairman of Korn Ferry, has authored 7 books on talent, strategy and risk, and teaches corporate governance at the Wharton School. He also was founder of G-100 which he sold and then created an exclusive group called ThePrium.com in 2009.
Meet the Advisors
Alan Mulally
Former President & CEO, Ford Motor Company
Maggie Wilderotter
Chairman, DocuSign
Dr. Erika H. James
Dean, The Wharton School
Meet the Team
Mark C. Thompson
CEO, CEO Academy
Dr. Dennis Carey
Dr. Michael Useem
Patti Parker
Kelly Bradly
Dr. Alex Alonso
Christopher Lopez
Dr. Vernon Williams
Erica Banner
Meet the Wharton Faculty
Dr. Peter Cappelli
George W. Taylor Professor, Professor of Management, and Director, Center for Human Resources
Dr. Thomas Donaldson
Mark O. Winkelman Professor, Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics
Dr. Emilie Feldman
Associate Professor of Management
Dr. Martine Haas
Lauder Professor, Professor of Management, and Director, Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies
Dr. Katherine Klein
Edward H. Bowman Professor Wharton Professor of Management Vice-Dean, Wharton Social Impact Initiative
Dr. Ethan Mollick
Dr. Michael Roberts
Dr. Lori Rosenkopf
Simon and Midge Palley Professor of Management and Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship
Dr. Harbir Singh
Mack Professor, Professor of Management, Co-Director, Mack Institute for Innovation Management, and Faculty Director, Huntsman Program
Dr. Z. John Zhang
Tsai Wan-Tsai Professor Professor of Marketing, Director
Penn Wharton China Center