Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is the bestselling author of The Power of Habit, Smarter Faster Better, and Supercommunicators,books that have helped millions of readers understand how habits are formed, how productivity can be improved, and how effective communication drives success.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Charles is an investigative reporter for The New Yorker Magazine and previously reported for The New York Times Magazine. At The New York Times, he authored and contributed to multiple series, including “The Reckoning” (2008), which examined the causes and outcomes of the financial crisis, and “The iEconomy,” which examined the global economy through the lens of Apple and won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory journalism. He has also won the George Polk Award (2007), the Gerald Loeb Award (2008), and the National Journalism Award (2009), was a recipient of the Business News Visionary Award (2020-2021), and has received other honors. Duhigg was also the founding host of the “How To!" podcast for Slate Magazine.

In addition to his reporting, Charles is a regular contributor to television and radio, including PBS Newshour, Frontline, CBS Sunday Morning, and various programs on CNBC and NPR. Before becoming a journalist, he worked in private equity and founded a health care company in his home state of New Mexico. On one terrifying day in 1999, Charles was a bike messenger in San Francisco.

Charles is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and Yale College.