Azeem Azhar | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) [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.
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] He writes about the topics of AI, [4] renewable energy, [5] and tech more broadly. [6]
Azhar was born in 1972. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Merton College, Oxford University.
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. [7] He later became the business correspondent for The Economist . [8] From 1997 to 1999, he was also a strategy manager for the BBC as well as launched the BBC Online. [9] In 2005, he became head of innovation for Reuters . [8] In 2004, Azhar was appointed to the Ofcom Communications Consumer Panel. [9]
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. [8] 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. [10] [11]
In 2015, Azhar founded Exponential View, a research group that creates newsletters about AI and technological transformations. [12] [13] 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". [14]
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 [15] and co-chair of its Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks. [16] He is also an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford. [17]
The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society (2021).
Azhar was named to the Vox 2023 Future Perfect 50 list. [1] He was named to the 2023 Charter 30 list. [18]