Azeem Azhar
Azeem Azhar is the Founder of Exponential View, a leading newsletter and podcast widely followed by investors, academics, and journalists around the globe. He seeks to explain how society and lifestyle will change under the force of exponential technologies. An award-winning entrepreneur, analyst, strategist, investor, Azhar is passionate about all things technology. With over 25 years of industry experience, he has invested in more than 30 early-stage startups in artificial intelligence, renewable energy, female health tech, and self-driving cars.
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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MA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
CAREER
- Azhar spent his early career in journalism, where he covered technology at The Guardian and The Economist.
- He has over 450,000 followers on LinkedIn and more than 38,000 followers on Twitter.
- His work has been profiled in leading publications, including The Economist, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Member of the Global Futures Council for the Digital Economy and Society at the World Economic Forum
- Board Member of the Ada Lovelace Institute
- Mentor at Seedcamp
- Advisor at Onfido
- Advisor at Zeroth.ai
- Advisor at Seldon
- Advisor at re:infer