Will Thorndike is the founder and managing partner of The Cromwell Harbor Partnership, an investment partnership focused on building exceptional businesses over the longest possible time horizons. Thorndike is currently a director of Perimeter Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: PRM, Co-Chairman) and several private companies including Banyan Software, Chenmark and Evergreen Services Group. He is the former board chair at College of the Atlantic and president of David R. Godine, Publishers.

Thorndike is the author of The Outsiders—which has been translated into 17 languages—and the co-host of the 50X podcast. He holds an AB degree from Harvard University and an MBA degree from Stanford University.