
Inventor of FOMO | Host, FOMO Sapiens | Executive Coach at The xQuotient | Keynote Speaker | Author, The 10% Entrepreneur & Fear of Missing Out | Follow me for Fresh Insights on Decision-Making & Entrepreneurship
As a board director, executive coach/advisor, author/podcaster, and investor, my work centers on helping leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, and organizations make smarter decisions, scale their impact, and tell compelling stories that drive success. As an executive coach, I bring over 25 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, and governance, helping high-performance leaders scale their businesses, navigate complexity, and master executive presence. My coaching approach blends strategic advisory with hands-on leadership insights drawn from my work in investment management, boardrooms, and entrepreneurship. I am an active board director and investor, serving as a Board Director & Audit Committee Member at ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX) and TRG Pakistan (PSX: TRG), and as an Investment Committee Member at Salkantay Ventures, a leading Latin American venture capital firm. I coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and its lesser-known twin, FOBO (Fear of a Better Option), in a 2004 article at Harvard Business School. Since then, FOMO has entered the dictionary and FOBO was the subject of my TED Talk, “How to Make Faster Decisions” (2M+ views). My work on decision-making and leadership has been featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, Le Monde, El País, Bloomberg, BBC, CNN, and The Atlantic. Over the last decade, I have built a career at the intersection of leadership, influence, and business strategy. I am the author of The 10% Entrepreneur and Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice, and the creator and host of FOMO Sapiens, a widely followed podcast that explores how top executives, investors, and thought leaders navigate uncertainty, make better decisions, and scale their businesses. In 2023-24, I was the co-creator and brand ambassador for MercadoLibre’s award-winning “Fear of Missing Audience” campaign, a tri-lingual marketing initiative for one of Latin America’s leading technology firms. I also appear in the Tribeca Film Festival-premiered crypto documentary, “This is Not Financial Advice.” With a passion for harnessing the power of leadership and communication to drive impact, I serve on the Regional Council of the Leadership Now Project and the boards of Bridge USA, a campus-based youth movement fighting political division through dialogue, and the Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC. A graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Business School, I have visited more than 115 countries and am fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Learn more at www.patrickmcginnis.com.
dirigoadvisors.com
trgworld.com
ibex.co
pinebridge.com
bluesmart.com
ipsy.com
co.uk
New York, New York, United States
Co-Founder & Coach
The xQuotient
• www.linkedin.com/company/the-xquotient
Jan 2024 - Present
New York, New York, United States
Board of Directors & Audit Committee
ibex
• www.linkedin.com/company/ibex-global
Oct 2024 - Present
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Board of Directors
trgpakistan
• www.linkedin.com/company/trgpakistan
Oct 2024 - Present
Karachi Division, Sindh, Pakistan
Creator & Host
FOMO Sapiens
• www.linkedin.com/company/fomosapiens
Jul 2018 - Present
Greater New York City Area
Venture Partner & Investment Committee, SxF (Salkantay Exponential Fund)
Salkantay Partners
• www.linkedin.com/company/salkantay-ventures
Jan 2019 - Present
Author, Author of Fear of Missing Out (May 2020).\
Sourcebooks
• www.linkedin.com/company/sourcebooks
Jan 2019 - Present
worldbank.org
thersa.org
corpinnovationpartners.com
invisible.co