George Friedman is an American political scientist and author. He is the founder, chief intelligence officer, financial overseer, and CEO of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor.
Friedman entered the private sector in 1996 and founded Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting Inc.), a private intelligence firm which provides foreign affairs analysis to its (mostly corporate) clients. He serves as its chief intelligence officer, and CEO.
George Friedman is chairman of Strategic Forecasting, Inc., dubbed by Barron’s as “The Shadow CIA,”
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