Whitney Tilson founded and manages Tilson Capital Partners, LLC. He writes a weekly column on investing for the Motley Fool web site, and has been a guest columnist for TheStreet.com.

Mr. Tilson received an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was elected a Baker Scholar (top 5% of class). He graduated from Harvard College, with a bachelor’s degree in Government magna cum laude.

Prior to starting Tilson Capital Partners, Mr. Tilson spent five years working with Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner-city-based companies nationwide. Mr. Tilson and Professor Porter founded the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, of which Mr. Tilson was Executive Director. Mr. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national $100 million for-profit private equity fund aimed at businesses in inner cities.

Before business school, Mr. Tilson was a founding member of Teach for America, the national teacher corps, and later spent two years as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, with a focus on pharmaceuticals and health care.

Mr. Tilson lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.