Scholars have long viewed intelligence as the preserve of nation states.Where the term ‘private sector intelligence’ is used, the focus has been overwhelmingly on government contractors.As such, a crucial aspect of intelligence power has been overlooked: the use of intelligence by corporations to navigate and influence the world.Where there has been academic scrutiny of the field, it is seen as a post-9/11 phenomenon, and that a state monopoly of intelligence has been eroded. Beyond States and Spies demonstrates - through original research - that such a monopoly never existed.Private sector intelligence is at least as old as the organised intelligence activities of the nation state.The book offers a comparative examination of private and public intelligence, and makes a compelling case for understanding the dangers posed by unregulated intelligence in private hands.Overall, this casts new light on a hitherto under investigated academic space.