David Woo is a renowned global macro strategist, widely recognized for his bold and prescient calls on some of the biggest economic, political and geopolitical stories over the past quarter century. Bloomberg called him “one of the most outspoken voices on Wall Street,” while Business Insider named him among “the twelve smartest people on Wall Street.” His views have shaped debates across markets, policy circles and the global media.

David began his career at the International Monetary Fund before going on to hold senior positions at Bank of America, Barclays Capital and Citigroup. He earned a PhD in economics from Columbia University and a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Tufts University.

A true product of globalization, David was born in Pittsburgh, raised in Taiwan, and educated in the United States. His career has taken him from Washington, DC to London and New York. He is fluent in English, Chinese and French.

Books by David Woo

Merry-Go-Round Broke Down: A Novel of Guilt, Greed & Globalization

by David Woo and Margalit Shinar - Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

Fall 2008. The Waldorf Astoria New York. Two armed men storm the hotel’s famed bar and hold the occupants hostage: an American corporate raider, a Chinese tycoon, a British hedge fund manager, a Japanese housewife-turned-celebrity, a Mexican undocumented worker, a Wall Street bond salesman, and a Norwegian environmentalist. Who are these terrorists? What do they want? And what ties them to their captives? MERRY-GO-ROUND BROKE DOWN is a genre-breaking novel that explores globalization’s “butterfly effect”: how choices made in one corner of the world ignited an unstoppable chain of consequences that upended lives across continents.