Ed Sappin, founder and CEO of Sappin Global Strategies, a New York City-based investment and advisory group, is a renowned leader in the fields of finance, strategy and business development. A key player in over 60 investments, projects and transactions (in the U.S. and elsewhere) that have been valued at over $6 billion, he has been featured in such publications as Forbes, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Wired and Roll Call. He has also spoken at such institutions as MIT, Dartmouth, Berkeley/Stanford and Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. A 1995 Wharton graduate, he lives with his family in New York City.