Chip Conley
Encyclopedia
Chip Conley is an American
hotelier
, author
and speaker. Conley is the founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which he began in 1987 at age 26. In 2010, after growing Joie de Vivre’s collection of boutique hotels to more than 30 properties in California, Conley transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer when Geolo Capital purchased a majority stake of the company.
In 2010, Conley was invited to speak at the annual TED conference. His speech addressed creating a business model driven by our need for meaning as outlined by Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and as presented in his book Peak: How Great Companies Get their Mojo from Maslow. Conley’s other books on entrepreneurship include The Rebel Rules: Daring to Be Yourself in Business; Marketing that Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business and Change the World; and the forthcoming Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness and Success (January 2012).
In 2011, Conley and Joie de Vivre learned that Market Metrix awarded the company the #1 customer service award in the U.S. in the Upper Upscale hotel category for 2010, beating out Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, Westin, Kimpton and Peninsula hotels.
Conley has been honored by the San Francisco Business Times as the “Most Innovative CEO” in the Bay Area. He is the founder of San Francisco’s annual Celebrity Pool Toss fundraiser, which has raised more than $4 million for inner city families in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, where his first hotel, the Phoenix, is located.
in 1982 and an MBA in 1984 from Stanford University
.
United States
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hotelier
Hotel
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, author
Author
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and speaker. Conley is the founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, which he began in 1987 at age 26. In 2010, after growing Joie de Vivre’s collection of boutique hotels to more than 30 properties in California, Conley transitioned from CEO to Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer when Geolo Capital purchased a majority stake of the company.
In 2010, Conley was invited to speak at the annual TED conference. His speech addressed creating a business model driven by our need for meaning as outlined by Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and as presented in his book Peak: How Great Companies Get their Mojo from Maslow. Conley’s other books on entrepreneurship include The Rebel Rules: Daring to Be Yourself in Business; Marketing that Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business and Change the World; and the forthcoming Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness and Success (January 2012).
In 2011, Conley and Joie de Vivre learned that Market Metrix awarded the company the #1 customer service award in the U.S. in the Upper Upscale hotel category for 2010, beating out Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton, Westin, Kimpton and Peninsula hotels.
Conley has been honored by the San Francisco Business Times as the “Most Innovative CEO” in the Bay Area. He is the founder of San Francisco’s annual Celebrity Pool Toss fundraiser, which has raised more than $4 million for inner city families in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, where his first hotel, the Phoenix, is located.
Education
Conley received his BABachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in 1982 and an MBA in 1984 from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Books
- The Rebel Rules: Daring to be Yourself in Business (Simon & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
, 2001) - Marketing that Matters: 10 Practices to Profit Your Business and Change the World (co-authored with Eric Friedenwald-Fishman Berrett-Koehler PublishersBerrett-Koehler PublishersBerrett-Koehler Publishers is a book publishing company in San Francisco, California, that publishes books on progressive business practices, current events, and work/life issues.- History :...
, 2006) - Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo From Maslow (Jossey-Bass, 2007)
- Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness and Success (Simon & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
, 2012)
Awards
- In 2008, the California Lodging Industry Association recognized Joie de Vivre Hospitality and Conley with Outstanding Lodging Property and Chairman's Awards.
- Joie de Vivre was awarded the 2nd Best Place to Work in the San Francisco Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times.
- Guerrilla Marketer of the Year
- Emerging Growth Company of the Year
- National Humanitarian Hospitality Company of the Year
- Northern California Real Estate Entrepreneur of the Year
- E-Marketer of the World
- In 2007, Conley was named the Bay Area's Most Innovative CEO by the San Francisco Business Times.
- In 2008, Conley was selected as one of four finalists for the 2008 "Corporate Hotelier of World" award by Hotels magazine.