Alec Ross
Author and technology policy analyst
Alec Ross is an American author and technology policy analyst who advised Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on innovation.
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American Born 1971 in Charleston, United States
About Alec Ross
Ross works as a writer, analyst and educator, and he was born in 1971. He began his career as a sixth grade teacher in Baltimore. He later served as Hillary Clinton's senior advisor on innovation for her whole term as Secretary of State. After he left the State Department in 2013, he joined Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs as a Senior Fellow. He is a board partner at Amplo, a venture capital firm, and teaches at the University of Bologna Business School. Ross has written two books. His first, The Industries of the Future, reached the New York Times best-seller list and has been translated into 24 languages. His newer book, The Raging 2020s, is in our catalog.