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Ruchir Sharma is the Chairman of Rockefeller International and Chief Investment Officer of Breakout Capital, an investment firm focused on emerging and frontier markets. At Rockefeller International, Sharma serves as a strategic advisor to the firm, a resource to Rockefeller Global Family Office advisors and clients, and a global brand ambassador supporting the firm’s international investment activities. Sharma is an internationally respected investor, market strategist, and bestselling author, widely recognized for his insights into global macroeconomic trends, emerging markets, and capital flows. Prior to joining Rockefeller International, Sharma spent 25 years at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he most recently served as Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist. During his tenure, he managed nearly $20 billion in assets across global investment centers including New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai. In addition to his investment leadership, Sharma is a Contributing Editor at the Financial Times and a former Contributing Opinion Writer for The New York Times.

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During his tenure at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Ruchir Sharma managed nearly $20 billion in assets and played a key role in launching several innovative investment products, including an Emerging Leaders fund, a Frontier Markets strategy, and a Special Situations fund.
He led a 40-person global investment team with professionals based in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mumbai, reflecting the firm’s international footprint and focus on global markets.
Widely known for his extensive travel and on-the-ground economic research, Sharma developed a disciplined framework for identifying emerging and developed markets most likely to outperform or underperform over future economic cycles.
This approach combined macroeconomic analysis, capital flow trends, policy assessment, and valuation discipline.

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Ruchir Sharma is the author of five critically acclaimed books on global economics, capitalism, and emerging markets.
His most recent book, What Went Wrong with Capitalism, was named one of The Wall Street Journal’s Books of the Year and praised across the political spectrum for its data-driven analysis of economic disillusionment in advanced economies.
His 2016 New York Times bestseller, The Rise and Fall of Nations, established Sharma as a leading global thinker and earned him a cover feature in Barron’s, which referred to him as “Wall Street’s New Global Thinker.”
His 2012 international bestseller, Breakout Nations, received the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award, reached The Wall Street Journal hardcover business bestseller list, and was named one of *Foreign Policy’s “21 Books to Read in 2012.”
Sharma’s commentary and research have been widely featured in leading global publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg, and The Guardian.

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