John Koten

      A year ago, John Koten was the editor-in-chief of Inc. magazine. Today he is that and more. After Inc. and Fast Company were acquired in May by Joe Mansueto, founder and CEO of Morningstar Inc., the Chicago-based investment research firm, he named Koten CEO of the combined entity, called Mansueto Ventures LLC, as well as editor-in-chief of both magazines. Koten immediately made clear his intention to operate them as open-book businesses. He brings to his new position a passion for entrepreneurship and a vision of how it can change the world by allowing for personal expression, economic growth, wealth creation, and reduction of conflict between people. In his keynote address, he will paint a picture of the future as it looks from his unique position and explain the important role that open-book companies will play in creating that future.
      Our Speaker: John Koten is the CEO of Mansueto Ventures, LLC, and editor-in-chief of Inc. and Fast Company. He oversees the editorial and business departments of both magazines.
      From September 2002 until July 2005, Koten was editor of Inc. He strengthened the magazine's mission to serve the leaders of entrepreneurial companies by making Inc. a more dynamic and topical resource at the center of a profound and exciting change in the American economy and the world.
      Before joining Inc., Koten was editor in chief of Worth magazine for 10 years, as well as bureau chief, senior editor, and reporter at The Wall Street Journal for 15 years. Under his leadership Worth's paid circulation grew from 175,000 to more than 500,000, it was a National Magazine Award finalist in four separate categories in one year - the most ever for a business or financial publication, and the magazine's annual ad pages surpassed 900.