Jack Trout

Jack Trout is the acclaimed author of many marketing classics published in many languages: Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, Marketing Warfare, (updated in the 20th Anniversary edition), The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, Differentiate or Die, Big Brands. Big Trouble, A Genie’s Wisdom, and Trout on Strategy. Following the Second Edition of Differentiate or Die, he wrote In Search of the Obvious. The Antidote for Today’s Marketing Mess. His most recent book is Repositioning. Marketing in an era of competition, change and crisis.

He is president of Trout & Partners Ltd. an international marketing consultancy based in Connecticut. He has consulted for such companies as Hewlett-Packard, Southwest Airlines, Merck, Procter & Gamble, Papa John’s Pizza and many others. He has consulted with the State Department on how to better sell America and in 2006 helped the Democrats regain leadership of the U.S. Congress. He continues to advise the current administration on strategy.

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost marketing strategists, Trout is the originator of Positioning and other important concepts in marketing strategy. He has over 40 years of experience in advertising and marketing, and became a boardroom advisor to some of the world’s largest corporations and his worldwide consulting work gives him first-hand experience in a wide range of marketing scenarios. Jack Trout has gained an international reputation as a consultant, writer, speaker, and proponent of leading-edge marketing strategies.