Azeem Azhar
Azeem Azhar is a world-renowned futurist, prize-winning technology analyst, and product entrepreneur. He is considered one of the world's most influential thinkers on the impact of technology on humanity. Azeem is the Creator of Exponential View, the highly regarded newsletter and podcast on the impact of technology on our future economy and society. He is an investor in early-stage startups in artificial intelligence, renewable energy, female healthtech, self-driving cars and marketplace. He also advises leaders at some of the world's largest global firms and policymakers. Previously, Azeem founded data analytics, PeerIndex, which was later acquired by Brandwatch. His first book, Exponential, has received widespread acclaim.
Azeem Azhar Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
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Business Correspondent
Academic History
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M.A., Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
Exponential View explains how society and the political economy are changing under the force of technology. It reaches more than 200,000 readers around the world.
The Exponential View podcast is a top ten rated podcast in technology in the UK and top 50 in the U.S.
His guests have included Prime Minister Tony Blair, Yuval Harari, Reid Hoffman, Elif Shafak, Stuart Russell, Andrew Ng, Mariana Mazzucato and many others.
Exponential View has been lauded by publications like The Times, Wired, Fast Company and others.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School
Co-Chair of Global Futures Council on Complex Risks, World Economic Forum
CONSULTING
Azeem's invaluable insight and original perspective means he regularly advises politicians, business leaders and the public, notably on the challenges and opportunities presented by A.I. and other emerging technologies.
He advises breakthrough entrepreneurial firms, including Kindred Capital, Onfido, Ocean Protocol, ReInfer and quantum-computing startup, Beit.
EARLY CAREER
Azeem served as a Venture Partner at Kindred Capital and a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company.
He also served as a Senior Advisor at PwC, Accenture, and Fabric Ventures, a blockchain-focused VC fund.
He has also had strategy and innovation roles at the BBC and Thomson Reuters, and was on a non-executive board at Ofcom, the UK’s converged communications regulator.
He started his career as a Journalist at The Economist.
RECOGNITIONS
2023 Vox's Future Perfect 50
2023 Hult International Business School's Honorary Doctorate
2022 Thinkers 50 Radar
2016 - 2019 LinkedIn Top Voice
2011 Grand Prix, Best Startup, Europas
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Azeem has been profiled in The Economist, Financial Times, New York Times, WSJ, and MIT Technology Review.
He speaks regularly on television and radio, including BBC and CNN.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.