| Damon J. Phillips | |
| Occupation: | Professor, advisor |
| Known For: | business strategy, labor markets, and entrepreneurship |
| Spouse: | Kathy Phillips |
| Alma Mater: | Morehouse College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University |
| Thesis Title: | The promotion paradox: The relationship between firm life chances and employee promotion chances in Silicon Valley law firms, 1946-1996 |
| Thesis Year: | 1998 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Joel Podolny |
| Discipline: | Business |
| Sub Discipline: | Entrepreneurship; Leadership and Ethics |
| Workplaces: | Columbia Business School |
Damon J. Phillips is an American business strategist, entrepreneurship scholar, sociologist, and the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School.[1]
Phillips graduated from Morehouse College, and holds graduate degrees from MIT and Stanford.[2] Before academia, he worked at a family electronics manufacturing firm, which fueled his interest in business. From 1998 to 2011, he was professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Phillips was born on Andrews Air Force Base, outside of Washington D.C. Because his father was in the military, the family moved several times during Phillips' childhood.
He was married to fellow Columbia Business School professor Kathy Phillips from August 1999 until her death in January 2020.[3]