"Ruchir Sharma is a shrewd and thoughtful observer of emerging markets. His insights deserve the attention of all who care about the future of the global economy." — Lawrence H. Summers
Ruchir Sharma is Chairman of Rockefeller International and Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Breakout Capital, an investment firm focused on emerging markets. He moved to Rockefeller in 2022 after a 25 year career at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he was Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist.
Based in New York, he is a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times . His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal , the Financial Times , Foreign Affairs , The Atlantic , The Guardian , and Foreign Policy . Ruchir is the author of Breakout Nations , a 2012 international bestseller, The Rise and Fall of Nations , a 2016 New York Times bestseller, Democracy on the Road , 2019, and most recently The 10 Rules of Successful Nations , 2020.