Jonathan Knee

2021

The author of The Accidental Investment Banker and The Curse of the Mogul. Knee also writes the Book Entry column for the New York Times Dealbook. He is a professor and co-Director of the Media and Technology Program at Columbia Business School. Knee has been an investment banker for over 25 years, at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Evercore Partners, where he remains a senior advisor.

An investment banker and professor explains what really drives success in the tech economy

●In The Platform Delusion, Jonathan Knee explains what really makes the biggest tech companies work: shrewd acquisitions, strong management, lax regulation, and often, encouraging the myth that they are invincible to discourage competitors.

●By offering fresh insights into what makes these companies viable, Knee shows how investors, existing businesses, and startups might value them, compete with them, and imitate them.

●The Platform Delusion demystifies the success of the biggest digital companies in sectors from retail to media to hardware, offering readers what those companies don't want everyone else to know.

●Knee's insights are invaluable for entrepreneurs and investors in digital businesses seeking to understand what drives resilience and profitability for the long term.