I've started reading
Toward a Political Theory of the Firm (PDF, via
BitWorking).
Since before Trump's election, I've thought about how corporations are gaining the power to control governments to a degree since since they control so much data. We've since seen that they can tip elections in many parts of the world and can enable genocide.
The start of this paper, though, makes me think it may not be the data. It discusses the East India Company, which in the 19th century, acted like a government. It ruled Bengal, and it instigated wars against China. This is an old problem.