Michael Shulman

Michael Shulman has spent his entire career discovering and examining "what's new," and participating in their life. - solar energy in 1977, personal computers in 1985, digital content in 1995, venture investing and an Internet start up in 1999, financial advisory work since 2001. This focus on "the new" has brought him to the next "big thing" - an American manufacturing resurgence based on a once in a century revolution in the production and use of fossil fuels. Unlike other analysts, he believes in the importance of seeing things up close. The Little League team having the after game snack at Starbucks, validating the company is more than a retailer of coffee. Driving past cornfields planted up to road side and wind breaks being removed, a sign of the ethanol and export to China boom. Conversations with Roman hoteliers and restaurant owners about the severity of the European recession. A sign on the side of a road saying "Frack a well, bring a soldier home." And if you like single malts, go work in a distillery for a week, which he did in 2007. Mr.Shulman's most recent book, Made in America, is the first of four on the topic of an American energy and ,manufacturing renaissance to be published in 2013. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, is married to former ABC News correspondent Jackie Judd and is the father of twin sons.