Background
Rothkopf, David Jochanan was born on December 24, 1955 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernst Zacharias and Carol Louise (Zeman) Rothkopf.
( Each of them is one in a million. They number six thous...)
Each of them is one in a million. They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world's most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping the history of our time. Today's superclass has achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. They have globalized more rapidly than any other group. But do they have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen, as nationalist critics have argued? They control globalization more than anyone else. But has their influence fed the growing economic and social inequity that divides the world? What happens behind closeddoor meetings in Davos or aboard corporate jets at 41,000 feet? Conspiracy or collaboration? Deal-making or idle self-indulgence? What does the rise of Asia and Latin America mean for the conventional wisdom that shapes our destinies? Who sets the rules for a group that operates beyond national laws? Drawn from scores of exclusive interviews and extensive original reporting, Superclass answers all of these questions and more. It draws back the curtain on a privileged society that most of us know little about, even though it profoundly affects our everyday lives. It is the first in-depth examination of the connections between the global communities of leaders who are at the helm of every major enterprise on the planet and control its greatest wealth. And it is an unprecedented examination of the trends within the superclass, which are likely to alter our politics, our institutions, and the shape of the world in which we live.
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Never before in the history of mankind have so few people had so much power over so many. The people at the top of the American national security establishment, the President and his principal advisors, the core team at the helm of the National Security Council, are without question the most powerful committee in the history of the world.Yet, in many respects, they are among the least understood. A former senior official in the Clinton Administration himself, David Rothkopf served with and knows personally many of the NSC's key players of the past twenty-five years. In Running the World he pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world to explore its inner workings, its people, their relationships, their contributions and the occasions when they have gone wrong. He traces the group's evolution from the final days of the Second World War to the post-Cold War realities of global terror—exploring its triumphs, its human dramas and most recently, what many consider to be its breakdown at a time when we needed it most. Drawing on an extraordinary series of insider interviews with policy makers including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, senior officials of the Bush Administration, and over 130 others, the book offers unprecedented insights into what must change if America is to maintain its unprecedented worldwide leadership in the decades ahead.
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Rothkopf, David Jochanan was born on December 24, 1955 in Urbana, Illinois, United States. Son of Ernst Zacharias and Carol Louise (Zeman) Rothkopf.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1977; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1977-1978.
Press secretary to Congressman Stephen J. Solarz United States Congress, Washington, 1979-1980. Senior vice president Tilley, Marlieb & Alan, Incorporated, New York York City, 1980-1982. Coordinator producer television Series-Omni: The New Frontier, 1980-1982.
Executive producer Public Broadcasting Service Series-Flashpoint, Newark, 1984. Vice president Finance World Magazine, New York City, 1984-1985. Vice president, public special publications Institutional Investor, Inc., 1985-1987.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer International Media Partners, Inc., 1987-1993. Deputy under secretary for international trade policy development United States Department Commerce, Washington, 1993-1995, acting under secretary for international trade, 1995-1996. Managing director Kissinger Associates, Incorporated, New York York City and Washington, 1996—1998.
Founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Intellibridge, 1998—2005. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer The Rothkopf Group, LLC, since 2003. Chairman National Strategic Investment Dialogue, since 2004.
Co-founder, president, Chief Executive Officer Garten Rothkopf, Washington, since 2005. Adjunct professor international affairs Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, since 1996. Visiting scholar Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, since 1996.
Chief Executive Officer, chairman, The Chief Executive Officer Institutes, New York City, 1987-1993. Member advisory board United States Institute Peace, Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School Public Health.
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Member Council Foreign Relations, Columbia Club.
Married Jane Octavia Prelinger, December 14, 1985. Children: Joanna Susan, Laura Madeleine.