Background
Ridderstråle was born in 1966 as the oldest of three brothers. He grew up in Staffanstorp in southern Sweden.
Ridderstråle was born in 1966 as the oldest of three brothers. He grew up in Staffanstorp in southern Sweden.
He holds an Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Philosophy in international business.
He is currently a visiting professor at Ashridge Business School and Individual Education Business School. Ridderstråle did his graduate and post graduate studies at the Stockholm School of Economics. His doctoral dissertation, Global Innovation, from 1996 focuses on product development efforts in multinational corporations.
He did research and wrote his thesis at the Institute of International Business at the Stockholm School of Economics where he was mentored by the now late Professor Gunnar Hedlund.
In 2004, he left the Centre for Advanced Studies of Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics, and is currently a visiting professor at Ashridge Business School in the United Kingdom and Individual Education Business School in Spain. Funky Business: Talent makes capital dance was published in 2000, and has been ranked at number 16 in a Bloomsbury Publishing survey of the best business books of all time.
In 2008, Wiley published Ridderstråle"s latest book Re-energizing the Corporation: How leaders make change happen (co-written with Mark Wilcox). His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Since the mid-1990s, Ridderstråle has worked as a professional public speaker with engagements all over the world.
He is also co-owner and chairman of the Swedish Management Group - Mgruppen, a management training and development company.
The sequels, Karaoke Capitalism: Management for mankind and Funky Business Forever: How to enjoy capitalism, also describe recipes for how to make it in the new world of commerce (all three books were co-authored with Kjell A Nordström).