Grant David McCracken is a Canadian anthropologist and author, known for his books about culture and commerce. He was the founder and director of the Institute for Contemporary Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum and is a member of Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and is a research affiliate at MIT. He has been a consultant for many corporations, including the Coca-Cola Company, IBM, IKEA, Chrysler, Kraft, and Kimberly Clark. He lives in Rowayton, Connecticut. 

1951 in Canada