A Conversation with Martin Kihn
What happens when your first act is already legendary and you’re still hungry for more? What if your greatest impact is still ahead of you?
These are the questions we'll dive into with Martin Kihn, our Chapter 2 Dinner series guest.
Marty is an author, digital marketer, ad agency alum, former management consultant, and programmatic advertising pundit.
Born in Zambia, he moved too often, ending up in Michigan. After college, he started treking up his first mountain as a writer — he stormed NYC and was a fact-checker at Spy, reporter for Forbes, feature writer for pubs like New York, GQ and the New York Times.
His best-known writing job was as Head Writer for a program called Pop-Up Video on MTV Networks ,which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy.
After business school, he became a management consultant and published an irreverent memoir of that experience called House of Lies. This book later formed the basis of a Showtime series of the same name starring Don Cheadle as a highly stylized version of myself named Marty Kaan.
This Chapter Two evening includes:
A fireside chat with Marty reveals his summit to his mountaintops
A “Help a Punk” break out group session that will challenge professional norms and invite real conversation
A community of peers who aren’t chasing titles—they’re building meaningful second act
Wine, light bites, and an exclusive setting at NYC's one and only Aman Hotel
This event is part of the Punks & Pinstripes Chapter Two series. A series of conversations with incredible artists, entrepreneurs, musicians and business leaders who reached the mountaintop of success, left, and started their next chapter.
Who are the Punks of Punks & Pinstripes?
Most executive communities are for people trying to achieve society’s definition of success. Punks & Pinstripes is for those who’ve already been there and chose something more.
We’re an executive community for people on the Second Mountaintop of their careers. Meaning we’ve achieved objectively impressive success (huge exits, prestigious job titles, and recognition) then we realized - it wasn’t enough.
Now, we’re climbing a different kind of mountain.
One where the work is more meaningful, the impact is deeper, and the fulfillment is real.
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