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Alex Willcock is a British designer and businessman. He is the founder and former CEO of Imagini [1] and founder of Maker and Son. [2] He was married to Sophie Conran, and founded Maker & Son with their son Felix. [3] They also have a daughter, Coco. [4]

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Alex Willcock

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Imagini was a London-based software firm founded in 2006. It used images instead of questions to do marketing tasks .One software application matched up a person's choices with that of others in a database, and suggests possible others with similar dispositions and worldviews. [1]

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References

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  2. "Alex Willcock and Felix Conran Share Their Inspirations". Vanity Fair. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. Alex, Ella; er (12 May 2021). "Inside the home of... Sir Terence Conran's protégé". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. Joss, Astrid. "Inside Coco Conran's chic Christmas wedding to Alex Vardaxoglou". Tatler. Retrieved 3 August 2021.