Alec Ross

Alec Ross (Charleston, West Virginia, 1971) is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on innovation.

He served as Senior Innovation Advisor to the US Department of State and worked with Hillary Clinton during her tenure until 2013. Since 2021, he has been a distinguished visiting professor at the Bologna School of Business.

His book The Industries of the Future (Ikaros, 2017) featured on the New York Times Best Sellers list, has been translated into 24 languages and won the award for best book of the year at the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards in 2016.

His new book The Angry 2020s (Ikaros, 2022) was named one of the best books of 2021 by Bloomberg.