Amy Webb

Amy Webb was born on October 18, 1974, in East Chicago, Indiana. She initially pursued classical clarinet at the Jacobs School of Music before earning a B.A. in political science, game theory, and economics from Indiana University in 1997. She later obtained an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2001. Webb began her career as a journalist, covering technology and economics for publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek in Hong Kong. In 2006, she founded the Future Today Strategy Group (FTSG), a management consulting firm focused on quantitative modeling and data-driven foresight. Through FTSG, she pioneered a methodology for identifying signals of change and emerging patterns, developing predictive scenarios and executable strategies for global clients. She also co-founded Spark Camp in 2011, a leadership conference centered on the future of business, government, and society.

Throughout her career, Professor Webb has become a prominent voice in the futures of technology, specializing in AI and biotechnology. She is an adjunct professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, where she teaches strategic foresight using live case studies. Her expertise is frequently sought by policymakers, including the White House, Congress, US regulatory agencies, the European Union, and the United Nations. She is an inaugural member of the World Economic Forum’s Strategic Foresight Advisory Board and a member of its Global Risks Board. Webb was elected a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as a Delegate in the former U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, advising on technology and international diplomacy. She is also a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University’s Saïd School of Business and a former Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.

Professor Webb is the author of four acclaimed books, including the international bestseller “The Big Nine,” which analyzes the future of AI, and “The Genesis Machine,” focusing on bioengineering. Her works have been translated into 23 languages. Her 2013 TED Talk on “Data, A Love Story” has been viewed over 6.7 million times. In 2023, she was recognized as the #4 most influential management thinker globally by Thinkers50, having previously received the Thinkers50 Radar Award in 2017. Forbes has named her “one of the five women changing the world,” and the BBC included her in its 100 Women of 2020. In 2025, she co-published a report on ‘Living Intelligence,’ a conceptual framework for converging AI, biotechnology, and advanced sensors. She is a competitive endurance cyclist.