Dr. Philip Kotler adalah S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguisher Professor of International Marketing di Northwerstern University of Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago. Dia dipuji oleh Management Centre Europe sebagai "seorang yang paling ahli dalam strategic marketing di dunia". Ia telah mengarang berbagai buku yang terkenal di bidang marketing: Kotler on Marketing; Lateral Marketing; Strategic Marketing for Non-Profits; Marketing for Healthcare Organizations; Marketing Professional Services; Marketing From A to Z; The 10 Deadly Marketing Sins; Marketing Moves; Marketing places; the Marketing of Nations; and Social Marketing.