Amy Webb
Also known as Amy Lynn Webb
Amy Webb is a futurist and the chief executive of Future Today Strategy Group, a management consulting firm she founded in 2006. She earned a degree in political science, economics and game theory from Indiana University Bloomington in 1997. She won the Thinkers50 Radar Award in 2017 and published The Big Nine in 2019, a book about how the tech titans and their thinking machines could warp humanity. She also says that the G-MAFIA and the Chinese companies Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent have the most control over the future of AI. Her 2022 book The Genesis Machine covers synthetic biology, a science that combines biology and artificial intelligence.
Timeline
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1974–1997
A degree in game theory
She is raised in East Chicago, Indiana, and earns a bachelor's degree in political science, economics and game theory from Indiana University Bloomington in 1997.
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2006
Founding Future Today Strategy Group
She founds the Future Today Strategy Group in 2006 as a management consulting firm.
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2014–2015
A Nieman visiting fellowship
She is named a 2014–15 Visiting Fellow at Harvard's Nieman Foundation, where she will research and publish a blueprint for reforming journalism education.
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December 2016
The Signals Are Talking
She publishes The Signals Are Talking with PublicAffairs in December 2016.
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2017
A Thinkers50 Radar Award
She wins the Thinkers50 Radar Award in 2017. The 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list names the 30 people most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.
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2019
The Big Nine on tech titans
She publishes The Big Nine in 2019, a book about how the tech titans and their thinking machines could warp humanity. She says that the G-MAFIA and the Chinese companies Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent have the most control over the future of AI.
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2022
The Genesis Machine on synthetic biology
She publishes The Genesis Machine in 2022, a book about synthetic biology. That science combines biology and artificial intelligence.
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As of October 2026
CEO of Future Today Strategy Group
She is a futurist and CEO of Future Today Strategy Group, and her books cover AI and biotechnology.
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