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Marguerite Gong Hancock

Marguerite Gong Hancock is the Associate Director of the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE), an interdisciplinary and international research program at Stanford University. At the intersection of business, technology, and policy, her work focuses on institutions and strategies for advancing the understanding and practice of innovation and entrepreneurship in leading high technology regions, especially Silicon Valley and throughout Asia.

Educated at Harvard University, Brigham Young University, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Marguerite joined Stanford in 1987. She has led international research programs, first at the Graduate School of Business and then the Asia Pacific Research Center. Hancock currently is one the core SPRIE leaders, directing research initiatives, conferences, and publications on topics ranging from “China 2.0: The Rise of a Digital Superpower” to “Smart Green Cities: New Technologies, New Models, New Strategies” to “The Next Silicon Valley.”

Marguerite is passionate about education and actively mentors students as well as serves as a member of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network that connects entrepreneurship talent and activities across the university and organizes Stanford’s annual Entrepreneurship Week. She also teaches in executive education courses and co-directs an executive education program for international policymakers at Stanford.

Active in the life of the Silicon Valley community, she has served as an advisor for the annual Index of Silicon Valley, volunteer director of a summer girls camp in the Sierra mountains, and founder of an international art exhibit which attracts more 2,000 guests per day. She also was selected as a member of Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Trade Mission to China in Fall 2010. For her role as a leader, she is featured in the book, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.

In the international arena, Hancock is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities. During the past several years, she has delivered keynotes or lectures in more than a dozen countries and briefed industry executives and government leaders from the US, Europe, and Asia.

Marguerite is co-editor of books published by Stanford: The Silicon Valley Edge (2000), Making IT: Asia’s Rise in High Tech (2006), and China’s Quest for Innovation (2008). She has also co-authored many papers and reports, including Future of Bay Area Jobs (2004) and Getting Results in China: How China’s Tech Executives are Molding a New Generation of Leaders (2006). Currently, she is working on a book on the rise of China in the internet industry.