George Friedman
George Friedman is the founder, chief intelligence officer, and chairman of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor. He has authored four books, including "America's Secret War", "The Intelligence Edge" and "The Future of War".
"Friedman graduated with a B.A. from the City College of the City University of New York and holds a Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University. Prior to entering the private sector in 1996, Friedman was a professor of political science for almost 20 years and was an early designer of computerized war games. During his years in academics, Friedman briefed widely on security and national defense matters, including senior commanders in all armed services, the Office of Net Assessments, SHAPE Technical Center, the U.S. Army War College, National Defense University and the RAND Corporation. In 1994 Friedman founded the Center for Geopolitical Studies at Louisiana State University, which engages in integrated economic, political and military modeling and forecasting and was the only non-DOD/non-governmental organization granted access to Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) by the Joint Warfighting Center." [1]
He is the founder and CEO of STRATFOR (Strategic Forecasting), a private intelligence firm which provides foreign affairs analysis to its (mostly corporate) clients.
Friedman is married with four children and currently lives in Austin, Texas.