Michael S. Hyatt is the CEO and Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers. He blogs at michaelhyatt.com on "intentional leadership." He writes on leadership, productivity, publishing, and social media.[1]
Hyatt has spent his entire career working in one facet or another of book publishing. He began at Word Publishing while a student at Baylor University. He started his own publishing company, Wolgemuth & Hyatt, with Robert Wolgemuth in 1986. In 1992, Word acquired Wolgemuth & Hyatt.
A literary agent from 1992 until 1998, Hyatt missed the world of corporate publishing. He rejoined Thomas Nelson in 1998. Since then he has worked in a variety of roles in both divisional and corporate management. He was promoted to President and COO in February 2004 and CEO in August 2005.
Hyatt has written four books, one of which landed on the New York Times Best Seller list where it stayed for seven months.
He and his wife Gail live in Franklin, Tennessee.