David Morey Speaker & Booking Information

David Morey, Vice Chairman of Core Strategy Group and founder and CEO of DMG, is one of America's leading strategic consultants—and one of the nation's most sought-after speakers. Mr. Morey is the award-winning co-author of The Underdog Advantage: Using the Power of Insurgent Strategy to Put Your Business on Top (McGraw Hill), and has worked with and helped add billions of dollars in revenue and market value to a wide range of Fortune 500 companies. Over the years, Mr. Morey has worked with eight billionaires, four Noble Peace Prize winners and advised twelve winning global presidential campaigns, including that of the world's most famous underdog, the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. In politics, Mr. Morey has worked with foreign candidates and governments including: Colombian President Virgilio Barco; Philippine President Corazon Aquino; Russian President Boris Yeltsin and The Dalai Lama. In 1997, he advised the winning presidential campaign of Kim Dae Jung, the first opposition leader to be elected in Korean history. Subsequently, he was an advisor to the Government of Korea during its financial crisis and recovery. More recently, Mr. Morey advised the successful campaigns of Chen Shui-bian, whose victory represented the first peaceful transfer of power to an opposition party in Chinese history, Vicente Fox, Mexico's first successful opposition presidential candidate in 70 years and South Korea's Roh Moo Hyun. In business, Mr. Morey has advised the senior officers of Fortune 100 entities and helped to launch of number of successful start-up companies and ventures. He has developed successful strategies for Bancomer, Verizon, Pepsi, Mars, KPMG, McDonald's, Microsoft, News Corp., Nike, P&G, Disney, Visa, and many others. For example, his strategic work over several years with Verizon and Coca-Cola helped to add over $100 billion to their respective market values, and his acquisition and turnaround strategies for Korea First Bank resulted in a tripling of profit for the private equity firm TPG. Mr. Morey is currently Adjunct Professor of International Affairs at Columbia University, specializing in global communications, and recently served as a Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force on Public Diplomacy. Additionally, Mr. Morey is Co-Chairman of the Fund For Peace and served on the Defense Science Board's Task Force on U.S. Strategic Communications and National Security. He was a four-time All-American Decathlon competitor, IC4A Champion and a member of several U.S. national teams. Mr. Morey was Foreign Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator John Glenn and a journalist in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. He studied at the Wharton School and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and was a Paul P. Harris scholar at the London School of Economics, where he received his Master's Degree with High Distinction. He has helped edit major books on a range of issues involving international politics, business and communications.