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Robert Buderi is Xconomy's founder, CEO, and editor in chief. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review.

Background

Robert Buderi was born on September 26, 1954, in Berkeley, California, United States. He is the son of Fred F. Buderi, an importer, and Betty Lou (Krough) Buderi, a social worker.

Education

Buderi studied at the University of California, in Davis, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977.

He obtained Master of Jurisprudence degree at the University of Arizona, a year later.

Career

Buderi's career began when he was appointed to the position of a reporter of police news at Daily Republic, in 1977, he served there for 2 years. He worked as a contributor to magazines, including Money, from 1982 to 1990.

Buderi was a technology editor at the Business Week, for 2 years from 1990.

In Upside he worked as a columnist, from 1998.

In addition, Buderi was a consultant to Science at War, a documentary television series broadcast by British Broadcasting Corp.

Duderi served as an editor-in-chief of MIT's Technology Review from 2002-2004.

He was a research fellow at MIT's Center for International Studies from 2005-2007. That same year, he founded Xconomy, a national business and technology news and media website based in Boston, for which he is CEO and editor-in-chief.

Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation.

Also, Buderi is a commentator on innovation and global competitiveness.

He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.

Achievements

  • Buderi shared the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative.

Works

Interests

  • Sport & Clubs

    basketball, team sports

Connections

Buderi married Nancy G. Walser, on April 11, 1992. The couple has 2 children - Kacey and Robert.

Father:
Fred F. Buderi

Mother:
Betty Lou (Krough) Buderi

child:
Kacey Buderi

child:
Robert Buderi

Wife:
Nancy G. Walser