R Ray Wang - Everybody Wants to Rule the World: Surviving and Thriving in a World of Digital Giants

If you ever find yourself wondering about where we are headed with all this technology creeping into every corner of our lives, you should really read this book.

Jesper Andersen, CEO, Infoblox

In this duopolies era of increasingly complex and rapidly changing digital ways businesses can operate, it is vital for everyone in business to learn exactly how to collaborate to successfully compete, grow, and dominate rather than crash. The only book that fully and clearly describes what to do in this era is Everybody Wants to Rule The World, written by Ray Wang, who has long been a digital innovator and leader who understands this era of super-efficient yet extreme capitalism, with its dangers and opportunities.

Kare Anderson, Emmy Award-winning Author, Journalist, and TED Speaker (Say It Better)

There are very few people who have had the wide view that Ray Wang has had of technology transformations. His credibility with and access to some of the industrys most powerful players is just one reason he has seen so much. The less tangible reason is that he is one of the nicest humans in this business, and people just really like working with him. Both of these are why so many seek his advice. In Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Ray synthesizes all that hes learned by working with and studying the big winners in digital transformation and lays it out in a way that helps what he calls worthy competitors. A very worthy read!

Barbara Bates, Global CEO, Hotwire

Data-driven is the new competitive DNAno one is a better student and teacher of our times and digital business than Ray Wang. This book succeeds beyond a how-to in creating a belief system and urgency for change to succeed in the era of digital networks.

Ganesh Bell, Board Advisor, Investor, Former CDO, and Software Business CEO

Ray Wangs take on digital duopolies caused by the rise of data oligarchs offers insights and bold strategies for all corporations for the future.

Alan Boehme, CTO, H&M, and Former CTO at P&G and Coca-Cola

CEOs around the world stay connected to Ray Wang for a reason. He has the ability to accurately analyze trends and predict the future. In this book, he describes the accelerating gap between winners and losers, and we all know people are going to be a critical part of that. You should read this book and redesign your people strategy based on it.

Michael Bush, CEO, Great Place to Work

A must-read for CEOs, CMOs, corporate strategists, public policy makers, and investors, irrespective of industry sector. Ray Wang clearly outlines the implications of the formation of digital duopolies on corporate survival, business models, and public policy.

Anil Cheriyan, Executive VP for Strategy and Technology, Cognizant

In Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Ray Wang delivers both a playbook for building the next digital giants and, more importantly, inspiration for leaders to build guardrails that balance free markets, innovation, open access, and equal opportunity in the world ahead.

Aneesh Chopra, Former US CTO (200912) and Cofounder and President, CareJourney

The industry landscape in the digital era is changing, and the changes are eternal, tectonic in nature. Ray Wang deftly captures one such profound change in his new book, Everybody Wants to Rule the World. The rise of digital duopolies is powered by data, network effects, exponential tech, access to huge capital pools, and a winner-take-all ambition. Ray provides riveting, 360-degree insight into this exponential world and shares practical guidance on how incumbents can either become digital giants or partner with them as part of an ecosystem. To build, partner, or die. Another masterpiece from one of the top digital thinkers in the world. A must-read.

Neetan Chopra, CTO, Dubai Holdings

The pandemic has accelerated consolidation across industries and the digitalization of business, forcing us all to take a close look at our playbooks. Ray Wang shares a unique look into where the digital giants are headed and how to move forward as a smart, data-driven business. The digital future that Ray paints is closer than ever. I highly recommend his book to business leaders.

Duke Chung, Cofounder and CEO, TravelBank

With his signature style of directness, compelling evidence, and conviction, Ray Wang lays out a reality, warning, and response for business and government leaders to embrace in addressing the growing influence and implications of data-driven digital networks and the emerging digital duopolies that exploit them. Alarming on the one hand, instructive and constructive on the other. The kind of timely and important narrative we must have.

Lanny Cohen, Executive Advisor and Former Group CIO, Capgemini

If you think your company has a reasonably good digital transformation agenda, this book will scare you. It paints the next chapter on digital in an ominous way, pointing to that thing that you are most worried about: your organizations decisionmaking speed and leadership. It also paints the future in a way that helps you explain it better than traditional consulting reports. I was highly inspired.

Sandeep Dadlani, Global CDO, Mars

A new world order of technology-centric company dominance is here. Ray Wang has developed a compelling roadmap for how leaders should invest to thrive in a new era of data- and network-driven business. All of the rules have changed; either learn them or perish.

Crawford Del Prete, President, International Data Corporation

Its not about digital transformation anymore. Its about building data value chains. Everybody Wants to Rule the World offers several takeaways on how to get there.

Larry Dignan, Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet, and Editorial Director, TechRepublic

While everyone is still talking about digital transformation, Ray Wang has unlocked how the digital giants are going after massive monetization across industries and value chains. Leaders must understand this new landscape and prepare for a shift in strategy. Everybody Wants to Rule The World is a must-read book that lays out the steps and business models required for success.

Lara Druyan, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Data Capital

You are just getting your head around digital transformation, and you think you cant compete with digital giants. You can, and Ray Wang lays it out for you. This book gives you leapfrog powers to go from amateur fan to power player by understanding roles and opportunities in this new economy.

Jana Eggers, CEO, Nara Logics

This book should be on the shelf, or ideally the desk, of every Fortune 2000 executive. It highlights both whats around the corner as well as strategies to survive and thrive. Ray thoughtfully discusses 3Ddigital, data, and DNAto provide a roadmap for industry leaders. I wish he had written it a decade ago to help shape my investment thesis!

Mark Fernandes, Managing Partner, Sierra Ventures

This is a rare book that can rightly claim to be both visionary and evidence-based. Ray Wang has threaded the needle in giving us this invaluable preview of the business models that will dominate the coming decades.

John Kao, Author of Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity

Ray Wang paints a compelling picture of digital giants shaping industries, capital markets, and society at large, and charts a path for the next wave of business leaders to harness data for better, faster decisionmaking.

Ariel Kelman, Executive VP and CMO, Oracle

Digital transformation and networked business models are becoming imperatives for companies of all sizes and across every industry. Ray Wangs book provides a great guide to how to compete in a digital world and thrive in todays volatile environment.