Stephen Charles Kanitz (born in São Paulo) is a Brazilian business consultant, lecturer, professor and writer.

in Accounting from University of São Paulo, Master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of São Paulo, where he holds a Professorship, as Full Professor.

In 1975 he created the annual award for the Best Run Company of Brazil, Melhores e Maiores for Revista Exame, initiating a movement that became known as benchmarking, just as Tom Peters did with his American 1981 book 'In Search of Excellence'.

He is the author of Brazil: The Emerging Economic Boom 1995-2005 (ISBN 0070340846), which won the Jabuti Prize of 1995 in non fiction, and periodically writes for Veja magazine.

Other Books: Controladoria O Parecer do Auditor Os 50 Melhores Artigos Ponto de Vista, with Roberto Campos.