Amy Webb
Futurist and author
Amy Webb is an American futurist and author who leads a foresight and strategy firm. She wrote The Big Nine.
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American Born 1974 in Chicago, United States
Influenced by Alvin Toffler, Haruki Murakami, Carl Sagan
About Amy Webb
Amy Webb is an American futurist and author, born in Chicago. She founded and is CEO of a firm that helps organizations prepare for the future. She also teaches strategic foresight at New York University's Stern School of Business. Her book The Big Nine earned a place on the longlist for the business book award from the Financial Times and McKinsey. It also won the 2020 Gold Axiom Medal in the business and technology category. She has also written The Signals Are Talking and The Genesis Machine, which looks at the futures of synthetic biology. Forbes named her one of five women changing the world, and the BBC included her in its 100 Women list for 2020. A lifelong science fiction fan, she works with Hollywood writers and producers on screen projects about science, technology and the future.