Craig Hatkoff

Craig Hatkoff is cofounder of the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as the Disruptor Foundation and annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, two collaborations with the father of disruptive innovation theory, Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen.

Hatkoff began his career at Chemical Bank, where he was a pioneer of the real estate securitization industry, and went on to cofound Capital Trust before serving as a board member and the chairman. He left Capital Trust in 2000 to pursue his passion for entrepreneurial and creative endeavors focused in the field of disruptive innovation. In addition, Hatkoff is a director of both Taubman Centers, Inc. and SL Green Realty Corporation, and serves on a number of boards including Tribeca Film Institute, Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, Child Mind Institute, Wild Bird Fund and the Borough of Manhattan Community College Foundation. He is also a coauthor and founder of Turtle Pond Publications, a leading publisher of Scholastic children’s books, including #1 New York Times bestseller Owen & Mzee.

Craig graduated from Colgate University in 1976 and received his MBA from Columbia University in1978. He is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School where he created and teaches the course on Disruptive Innovation.