Jason Schenker

Jason Schenker is a top-ranked economist, leading futurist, in-demand keynote speaker, and bestselling author who prepares leaders for the future. Schenker is the president of Prestige Economics and chairman of the Futurist Institute. He has given over 1,200 keynote speeches and more than 1,000 television interviews. Schenker is a Forbes contributor and a LinkedIn Top Voice. Over 1.3 million students have taken his LinkedIn Learning courses on economics, finance, AI, and emerging technologies. Mr. Schenker is the author and editor of 36 books, including 15 bestsellers on energy, leadership, and the economy. Bloomberg News has ranked him the number one forecaster in the world in 27 categories since 2011, including for his forecasts of U.S. nonfarm payrolls, the U.S. unemployment rate, oil prices, natural gas prices, industrial metals prices, the euro, the British pound, the Russian ruble, and gold prices. Mr. Schenker is one of the 100 CEOs on the nonpartisan Texas Business Leadership Council, the Texas affiliate of the Business Roundtable. He is also a board leadership fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors and adjunct faculty for the Joint Special Operations University at the U.S. Special Operations Command. Schenker holds master's degrees in economics, negotiation, and German. His next book, Cold War Two: Navigating a New Era of Uncertainty for the Economy, Finance, Energy, Technology, Trade, and Supply Chain, will be released on March 24, 2025.