John Denniston
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, at Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan Law School alumnus John Denniston told graduates they should be ready to adapt in order to lead during periods of "unprecedented economic transformations." And he related advice he received from one of his mentors:
"If you can just manage to get your career surfboard onto a big wave, you're likely to be carried a long, long way… But the odds are: you'll travel far, and enjoy an exhilarating ride… I'm convinced a tsunami-sized wave is forming—right now—in the world energy markets. It is surely worth some thought, as you embark on your careers, as to how you might play a leadership role in this new green industrial revolution. You could be in for the ride of your life."
