Jason Schenker

Jason Schenker is a top-ranked economist, leading futurist, bestselling author, and in-demand keynote speaker who delivers high-impact, data-driven presentations on economic trends, financial markets, AI, supply chain, geopolitical risks, and the future of work and technology. Through his talks and research, Jason helps clients anticipate risks and seize opportunities. He is the President of Prestige Economics and Chairman of The Futurist Institute. A trusted voice on finance, markets, and technology, Jason has delivered over 1,200 keynotes for public and private companies, corporate boards, industry groups, institutional investors, and government entities. He has spoken at events hosted by the Singapore Exchange, the London Metal Exchange, the AFP, AICPA, SXSW, the CIA, NATO, and the U.S. Federal Reserve. Jason's speeches focus on the economy, financial markets, commodities, supply chain, futurist innovation and technology, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, quantum computing, energy and sustainability, geopolitics, demographics, and other trends. As a prolific thought leader, Jason has created 42 LinkedIn Learning courses on AI, leadership, economics, finance, and technology that have been taken by 1.3 million students. He is also the author of 36 books, including 15 #1 bestsellers, including Jobs for Robots, Futureproof Supply Chain, The Future of Finance is Now, Quantum: Computing Nouveau, The Promise of Blockchain, The Robot and Automation Almanac, and The Future of Energy. Bloomberg News has ranked Jason the #1 forecaster in the world in 27 categories since 2011, including for his forecasts of oil prices, industrial metals prices, the euro, the British pound, agricultural commodity prices, gold prices, U.S. payrolls, and the U.S. unemployment rate. He is a Forbes contributor, former Bloomberg Opinion columnist, and frequent media commentator, including guest hosting on Bloomberg Television. Jason is one of the 100 CEOs on the non-partisan Texas Business Leadership Council, the Texas affiliate of the Business Roundtable that advises elected officials of both parties at the state and federal levels. He is a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors, a Fellow of the Energy Institute, an Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and an advisor to the U.S. State Department. Before founding Prestige Economics in 2009, Jason was a Risk Specialist at McKinsey and Chief Energy and Commodity Economist at Wachovia (Wells Fargo). He holds master’s degrees in applied economics, negotiation, and German, as well as a bachelor’s in history and German. Jason currently serves as Adjunct Faculty for the Joint Special Operations University at U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).