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Joshua Cooper Ramo Co-CEO, Kissinger Associates, and Author of The Age of the Unthinkable and The Seventh Sense Joshua Cooper Ramo is Co-Ceo of Kissinger Associates, the advisory firm of former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger. His last book was the international best seller, The Age Of The Unthinkable. Based in Beijing and New York, Ramo serves as an advisor to some of the largest companies and investors in the world. He is a member of the boards of directors of Starbucks and FedEx. A Mandarin speaker who has been called “one of China’s leading foreign-born scholars” by the World Economic Forum, Ramo is best known for coining and articulating “The Beijing Consensus,” among other writings on China. His views on global politics and economics have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, Foreign Policy, and Fortune. He has been a frequent guest on CNN, CNBC, NBC, and PBS. In 2008 he served as China analyst for NBC during the Beijing Olympic Games. For his work with Bob Costas and Matt Lauer during the Opening Ceremony, Ramo shared in a Peabody and Emmy award. Before entering the advisory business, Ramo was a journalist. He was the youngest senior editor and foreign editor in the history of Time magazine, wrote more than 20 cover stories, and ultimately over- saw the magazine’s technology coverage and online activities. Ramo has been a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders for Tomorrow, The Leaders Project, The Asia Society 21 Group, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a founder of the US-China Young Leaders Forum, and Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. His last book, The Age of the Unthinkable, was translated into more than a dozen languages. His first book,No Visible Horizon, described his experiences as a competitive aerobatic pilot. Raised in Los Ranchos, New Mexico, Ramo holds degrees from the University of Chicago and New York University. He is an avid pilot and motorcyclist..

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