Erik S. Reinert is Professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies at Tallinn University of Technology and also chairman of The Other Canon Foundation in Norway. He holds a BA from Hochschule St. Gallen, Switzerland, an MBA from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell University. 
Lecturing in five languages, Reinert's work has taken him to more than 65 different countries. His book How Rich Countries Got Rich...and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor has been published in more than 20 languages.