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Philip Kotler

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Philip Kotler (born May 27, 1931) is an American marketing author, consultant, and professor emeritus; the S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (1962–2018). He is known for popularizing the definition of marketing mix. He is the author of over 80 books, including Marketing Management, Principles of Marketing, Kotler on Marketing, Marketing Insights from A to Z, Marketing 4.0, Marketing Places, Marketing of Nations, Chaotics, Market Your Way to Growth, Winning Global Markets, Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, My Adventures in Marketing, Up and Out of Poverty, and Winning at Innovation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Kotler has received more than 1,180,007 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Philip Kotler is the 22nd most popular businessperson (down from 16th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from United States (up from 270th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Businessperson.

Philip Kotler is most famous for his marketing textbook, Marketing Management. The book is used in many business schools and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Philip Kotler ranks 22 out of 601Before him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Tim Cook, Colonel Sanders, Levi Strauss, Bernard Arnault, and Florentino Pérez. After him are Carlos Slim, Ludwig Erhard, Amancio Ortega, Muhammad Yunus, Ray Kroc, and P. T. Barnum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Philip Kotler ranks 11Before him are Toni Morrison, James Dean, Raúl Castro, Chun Doo-hwan, Monica Vitti, and Desmond Tutu. After him are Robert Duvall, Tomas Tranströmer, Alice Munro, Anita Ekberg, Irvin D. Yalom, and Roger Penrose.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Kotler ranks 237 out of 18,182Before him are Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), Robert E. Lee (1807), Henry Miller (1891), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and J. Edgar Hoover (1895). After him are Rita Hayworth (1918), Brigham Young (1801), Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Ford (1894), Ronnie James Dio (1942), and Burt Lancaster (1913).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Philip Kotler ranks 10Before him are Warren Buffett (1930), Jeff Bezos (1964), Vince McMahon (1945), David Rockefeller (1915), Tim Cook (1960), and Colonel Sanders (1890). After him are Ray Kroc (1902), P. T. Barnum (1810), Steve Ballmer (1956), Hugh Hefner (1926), J. P. Morgan (1837), and J. Paul Getty (1892).