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Anthony K. Tjan

General Partner
Anthony (Tony) Tjan is CEO and Managing Partner of The Cue Ball Group. Tony brings to Cue Ball a successful track record as an entrepreneur, principal investor, and strategic advisor. Tony leads the firm’s overall direction and is involved with all deal development and structuring activities. Tony is one of the World Economic Forum's Global Leaders for Tomorrow and sits on the boards of Knovel, Cyberplex, Cruxy, and From the Top.

Background
Most recently, Tony was Senior Partner (youngest elected) with The Parthenon Group, a leading strategy consulting firm where he continues to serve as its Vice Chairman. He has been a long-standing special advisor to the CEO of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC), the world's largest information publishing company. In 1996, he founded and was CEO of the Internet services firm, ZEFER (now an NEC subsidiary), which grew to more than $100MM in annual revenues and more than 700 people, including 200 creative and 300 technology professionals. Tony started his career with McKinsey & Company where he focused on consumer and media clients.

Education
Harvard College, A.B.
Harvard Business School, M.B.A
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Fellow

Recent Publication
Harvard Business Review March 2008: Transforming Strategy One Customer at a Time
The article examines how customer driven strategies can be applied in a B2B setting using an approach called Front End Customer Strategy Person Behind the Profession