About

DAVID MOREY, Chairman and CEO of DMG Global and Vice Chairman of Core Strategy Group, is one of America’s leading strategic consultants—and one of the nation’s most sought-after speakers. Mr. Morey is the best-selling author of The Underdog Advantage, The Leadership Campaign, Creating Business Magic, the #1 New Release on Amazon, and most recently Innovating Innovation. He has worked with and helped add billions of dollars in revenue and market value to some of the world’s top companies.

Mr. Morey has advised five Nobel Peace Prize winners, twenty-two winning global presidential campaigns—including those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden—along with a who’s who of Fortune 500 CEOs.

In politics, Mr. Morey has worked with foreign candidates and governments including Colombian President Virgilio Barco; Philippine President Corazon Aquino; and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. 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 Vicente Fox, Mexico’s first successful opposition presidential candidate in 70 years, South Korea’s Moon Jae In, and many others.

In business, Mr. Morey has advised the senior officers of Fortune 100 entities and helped to launch a number of successful start-up companies and ventures. He has developed successful strategies for GE, Verizon, Apple, Samsung, Deloitte, LinkedIn, Google, The Coca-Cola Company, Mars, KPMG, McDonald’s, Microsoft, News Corp., Nike, Pepsi, P&G, Disney, Visa, NBC, CVS, American Express, TPG, and many others. For example, his strategic work over several years with Verizon and Coca-Cola helped to add over $100 billion to their market values, and his acquisition and turnaround strategies for Korea First Bank resulted in a quadrupling of profit for the private equity firm TPG.

Over the years, Mr. Morey has served as Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, specializing in global communications and international relations, and taught at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. He was Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force on Public Diplomacy, Co-Chairman of the Fund For Peace, served on the Defense Science Board’s Task Force on U.S. Strategic Communications and National Security, and was Special Advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is a 2018 winner of the Joseph Wharton Award for lifetime achievement and leadership—and is a frequent commentator on business, politics, and national security for the BBC, CNN, MSNBC, FNC, CNBC, and other major networks.