Randy Street

Randy Street is the Managing Partner of ghSMART, a leadership advisory firm whose mission is to help great leaders amplify their positive impact on the world. He has advised boards, CEOs, and executive teams for over 25 years on topics ranging from CEO succession to management due diligence, and regularly helps them to select and develop teams that succeed.

Randy is also a popular keynote speaker with a dynamic and energetic style that routinely generates the highest audience satisfaction scores possible.

In collaboration with Geoff Smart, the firm's CEO, Randy co-authored Who: The A Method for Hiring (Random House, 2008), which is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly best seller. He also co-authored the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success (Random House, 2015).

Upon release, Who became the #1 ranked bestseller on Amazon out of 24 million titles, and hit every major bestseller list in the United States. Soundview Executive Book Summaries gave Who the "Best 30 Business Books Award," Shanghai Daily named it a "Top 5 Best Book in China," Canada's Globe and Mail named Who the "#1 Best Business and Management Book of 2009," and The Wall Street Journal named it a top seven "Best Advice" book for leaders in 2011.

Prior to joining ghSMART, Randy was the EVP of Sales & Marketing and EVP of Corporate Development & Strategy for EzGov, a software firm that was named the fastest growing company in Atlanta during his tenure. Before that, Randy was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company where he led projects and advised senior executives of Global 1000 companies in a wide range of industries.

Randy earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University.