Azeem Azhar

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Azeem Azhar
Born1972 (age 51–52) [1]
Nationality British
Education Oxford University
Occupation(s)Technology entrepreneur and author

Azeem Azhar (born 1972) is a British technology entrepreneur and author. He founded the research group, Exponential View, and web technology company, PeerIndex.

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Azhar wrote The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society, and hosts the podcast Exponential View, distributed by Harvard Business Review, [2] and the Bloomberg Originals television show and podcast Exponentially with Azeem Azhar. [3]

Biography

Azhar was born in 1972. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Merton College, Oxford University.

Career

In the 1990s, Azhar became a journalist, [1] as a technology correspondent for The Guardian , where he published stories on the internet and designed the online (Go2) platform. [4] He later became the business correspondent for The Economist . [5] From 1997 to 1999, he was also a strategy manager for the BBC as well as launched the BBC Online. [6] In 2005, he became head of innovation for Reuters . [5] In 2004, Azhar was appointed to the Ofcom Communications Consumer Panel. [6]

Azhar founded eSouk.com in 2000 and has also held leadership positions at Albert Inc., a data analytics and marketing company in 2002, and OxMedia Ltd, a management consultancy company in 2004. [5] He founded PeerIndex, a social media analytics company in 2009. PeerIndex won the Europas Grand Prix in 2011, and was acquired by Brandwatch in 2014. [7] [8]

In 2015, Azhar founded Exponential View, a research group that creates newsletters about AI and technological transformations. [9] [10] It was described by the Boise State Public Radio as the "leading newsletter and podcast on the impact of technology on our future economy and society". [11]

Azhar is the host of the Bloomberg Originals television show and podcast Exponentially with Azeem Azhar. [3]

Azhar is a member of the World Economic Forum's Expert Network, [12] and co-chair of its Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks. [13] He is also an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. [14]

Publications

Azhar is the author of The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society (2021).

Accolades

Azhar was named to the Vox 2023 Future Perfect 50 list. [1] He was named to the 2023 Charter 30 list. [15]

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