The NYU professor who predicted WeWork’s failed IPO identifies the companies and industries he thinks are poised to succeed – and fail – after the pandemic

• Scott Galloway is an NYU professor and a serial entrepreneur. He correctly predicted Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods and was an early skeptic of WeWork.
• In his new book, “Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity,” Galloway identifies the companies and industries he thinks are poised to succeed or fail in the near future.
• Higher education and healthcare are poised for disruption, Galloway writes, because costs are skyrocketing but the industries aren’t innovating so quickly.
• Galloway gets some of his best insights from posts that bubble up on Twitter.

Scott Galloway is the guy who correctly predicted that Amazon would buy Whole Foods. He also was an early skeptic of WeWork, the would-be real-estate empire that came crashing down in 2019.

In his new book, “Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity,” Galloway again peers into his crystal ball for the global economy. This time, he sees Amazon getting into healthcare, specifically by distributing at-home COVID-19 testing.

Amazon had already partnered with JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway on healthcare nonprofit Haven. The company had also acquired online pharmacy Pillpack. Then, one week before the book’s publication date, it announced Amazon Pharmacy. (Advance copies of the book had been sent our way weeks earlier.)