Ann Marsh

Book author and journalist Ann has broad writing experience for a number of corporate clients including Gap Inc., Lam Research and Yahoo. Her writing enables companies to communicate clearly with and motivate their employees to achieve strategic objectives.

Her first book, the co-authored autobiography of Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea, "Copy This! Lessons from a hyperactive dyslexic who turned a bright idea into one of America’s best companies" was published in 2005 (Workman Publishing, New York City). She speaks publicly about her writing and collaborates with clients on select book projects.

A former staff writer with Forbes, Ann worked exclusively on The Forbes 400 for two consecutive years, writing both cover stories. As a freelance foreign correspondent, she also covered the market and social transformations of Eastern European societies for two and a half years from her base in Prague. Her work has appeared in more than two dozen publications including Forbes, Fast Company, Business 2.O Magazine, BusinessWeek Online, Fortune Small Business, Red Herring, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, O, The Oprah Magazine, Victoria Magazine, Salon.com and her alumni publication Stanford Magazine.

Ann holds a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University and completed a French immersion program at Middlebury College. She also studied abroad in Sorbonne and L'Institute d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, France. 

 
Ann Marsh

 

Spent years as a foreign correspondent based in Prague. Takes complex ideas and turns them into concise strategy.