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'''Azeem Azhar''' (born 1972) is a [[British people|British]] |
'''Azeem Azhar''' (born 1972) is a [[British people|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]] |
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]],<ref name="HBR presents Exponential View">{{cite news |title=HBR presents Exponential View |url=https://hbr.org/2019/04/podcast-exponential-view |work=[[Harvard Business Review]] |date=1 April 2019 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903235727/https://hbr.org/2019/04/podcast-exponential-view |url-status=live }}</ref> and the ''[[Bloomberg Originals]]'' television show and podcast ''Exponentially with Azeem Azhar''.<ref name="Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar" /> |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Azhar was born in 1972. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at [[Merton College, Oxford University]]. |
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Azhar was born in 1972. He was first introduced to computers as a child in [[Zambia]] after his family moved to London. He got a [[Sinclair Research|Sinclair]] [[ZX81]].<ref name="Azeem Azhar is drawing a road map to a better future" /> His parents ran an accounting firm in [[East London]] in the 1980s.<ref name="Vantage Point">{{cite web |last1=Eastham |first1=Laurence |title=Vantage Point |url=https://www.camagazine.co.uk/april2022#!azeem-azhar |website=CA Magazine |publisher=[[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland]] |access-date=May 18, 2024 |pages=12–14 |date=April 2022 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210053511/https://www.camagazine.co.uk/april2022#!azeem-azhar |url-status=live }}</ref> He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at [[Merton College, Oxford University]]. While in the college, he participated in the creation of ''[[The Oxford Student]]'', a student newspaper at the college, and was an editor of the student newspaper ''[[The Isis Magazine]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Stuart |title=Azeem Azhar: 'We need people to take part in the AI revolution' |url=https://www.research.ox.ac.uk/article/2018-11-06-azeem-azhar-we-need-people-to-take-part-in-the-ai-revolution |work=[[University of Oxford]] |date=6 November 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114081124/https://www.research.ox.ac.uk/article/2018-11-06-azeem-azhar-we-need-people-to-take-part-in-the-ai-revolution |archive-date=14 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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In the 1990s, Azhar became a journalist |
In the 1990s, Azhar became a journalist,<ref name="Azeem Azhar is drawing a road map to a better future" /> as a technology correspondent for ''[[The Guardian]]'', where he published stories on the internet and designed the online (Go2) platform.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |last2=Arthur |first2=Charles |last3=Passmore |first3=Nick |last4=O'Neill |first4=Bill |title=From old Futures to modern Technology |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/dec/16/guardian-technology-section |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519015339/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/dec/16/guardian-technology-section |url-status=live }}</ref> He later became the business correspondent for ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref name="Vantage Point">{{cite web |last1=Eastham |first1=Laurence |title=Vantage Point |url=https://www.camagazine.co.uk/april2022#!azeem-azhar |website=CA Magazine |publisher=[[Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland]] |access-date=May 18, 2024 |pages=12–14 |date=April 2022 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210053511/https://www.camagazine.co.uk/april2022#!azeem-azhar |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1997 to 1999, he was also a strategy manager for the [[BBC]] as well as launched the ''BBC Online''.<ref name="Ofcom">{{cite news |title=Ofcom appoints two additional members to the Consumer Panel |url=https://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/press-releases/press-releases/post/119-ofcom-appoints-two-additional-members-to-the-consumer-panel |date=August 3, 2004 |access-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519015340/https://www.communicationsconsumerpanel.org.uk/press-releases/press-releases/post/119-ofcom-appoints-two-additional-members-to-the-consumer-panel |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005, he became head of innovation for ''[[Reuters]]''.<ref name="Vantage Point" /> In 2004, Azhar was appointed to the [[Ofcom]] Communications Consumer Panel.<ref name="Ofcom" /> |
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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.<ref name="Vantage Point" /> 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.<ref name="Grand Prix">{{cite news |last1=Butcher |first1=Mike |title=PeerIndex Takes The Honours As The Europas Awards Drifts Eastwards |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/peer-index-takes-the-honours-as-the-europas-awards-drifts-east/|work=[[TechCrunch]] |date=18 November 2011 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903235727/https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/peer-index-takes-the-honours-as-the-europas-awards-drifts-east/|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Butcher |first1=Mike |title=Social Influence Startup PeerIndex Acquired By Brandwatch in Cash/Shares Deal |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/17/social-influence-startup-peerindex-acquired-by-brandwatch-in-cashshares-deal/ |work=[[TechCrunch]] |date=17 December 2014 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903235727/https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/17/social-influence-startup-peerindex-acquired-by-brandwatch-in-cashshares-deal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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.<ref name="Vantage Point" /> 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.<ref name="Grand Prix">{{cite news |last1=Butcher |first1=Mike |title=PeerIndex Takes The Honours As The Europas Awards Drifts Eastwards |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/peer-index-takes-the-honours-as-the-europas-awards-drifts-east/|work=[[TechCrunch]] |date=18 November 2011 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903235727/https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/peer-index-takes-the-honours-as-the-europas-awards-drifts-east/|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Butcher |first1=Mike |title=Social Influence Startup PeerIndex Acquired By Brandwatch in Cash/Shares Deal |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/17/social-influence-startup-peerindex-acquired-by-brandwatch-in-cashshares-deal/ |work=[[TechCrunch]] |date=17 December 2014 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903235727/https://techcrunch.com/2014/12/17/social-influence-startup-peerindex-acquired-by-brandwatch-in-cashshares-deal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Azhar is the host of the [[Bloomberg Originals]] television show and podcast ''Exponentially with Azeem Azhar''.<ref name="Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar">{{cite journal |title=Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar |url=https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/introducing-exponentially-with-azeem-azhar |journal=[[Harvard Business Review]] |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=7 September 2023 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913023718/https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/introducing-exponentially-with-azeem-azhar |url-status=live }}</ref> |
Azhar is the host of the [[Bloomberg Originals]] television show and podcast ''Exponentially with Azeem Azhar''.<ref name="Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar">{{cite journal |title=Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar |url=https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/introducing-exponentially-with-azeem-azhar |journal=[[Harvard Business Review]] |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=7 September 2023 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913023718/https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/introducing-exponentially-with-azeem-azhar |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Azhar is a member of the [[World Economic Forum]]'s Expert Network,<ref name="Strategic Intelligence">{{cite web |title=Strategic Intelligence |url=https://intelligence.weforum.org/monitor/emerging-themes/d838bb6ab17b4167b18b93bd81a03ac5 |website=[[World Economic Forum]] |access-date=18 May 2024 |language=en |date=7 October 2020 |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725135906/https://intelligence.weforum.org/monitor/emerging-themes/d838bb6ab17b4167b18b93bd81a03ac5 |url-status=live }}</ref> and co-chair of its Global Future Council on the Future of Complex Risks.<ref>Elliott, David (February 13, 2024). https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/02/trust-technology-ai-citizen-participation/|World Economic Forum. Retrieved October 22, 2024 </ref> He is also an executive fellow at [[Harvard Business School]], and a Visiting Fellow at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Azeem Azhar |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/azeem-azhar/ |website=[[World Economic Forum]] |access-date=18 May 2024 |archive-date=28 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928212527/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/azeem-azhar |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Publications == |
== Publications == |
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Azhar is the author of ''The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society'' (2021). |
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Azhar is the author of ''The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society'' (2021). PD. Smith of ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised the book as a "a bullish survey of AI, biotech, renewables and more".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=P. D. |title=Exponential by Azeem Azhar review – bridging the technology gap |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/15/exponential-by-azeem-azhar-review-bridging-the-technology-gap |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=3 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519015339/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/15/exponential-by-azeem-azhar-review-bridging-the-technology-gap |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The book was a part of the 2022 Management Book of the Year Shortlist by [[Chartered Management Institute]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Management Book Awards 2022 |url=https://www.managers.org.uk/community/awards/management-book-of-the-year/management-book-awards-2022/ |work=[[Chartered Management Institute]] |access-date=2023-09-03 |archive-date=2023-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208122254/https://www.managers.org.uk/community/awards/management-book-of-the-year/management-book-awards-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Financial Times'' writer John Thornhill selected it as one of his best books of 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thornhill |first1=John |title=Best books of 2021: Technology |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5b8ccecf-8f91-4eef-b021-c7aefc07313d |website=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=15 November 2021 |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215063112/https://www.ft.com/content/5b8ccecf-8f91-4eef-b021-c7aefc07313d |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''The Times'' selected it as one of their 16 best philosophy and ideas books of 2021.<ref name="16 best philosophy and ideas books 2021">{{cite web |title=16 best philosophy and ideas books 2021 |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-philosophy-ideas-books-2021-3ghfmjgcd |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=18 May 2024 |language=en |date=18 May 2024 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606042202/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-philosophy-ideas-books-2021-3ghfmjgcd |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Accolades== |
==Accolades== |
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Azhar was named to the ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' 2023 Future Perfect 50 list |
Azhar was named to the ''[[Vox (website)|Vox]]'' 2023 Future Perfect 50 list. <ref name="Azeem Azhar is drawing a road map to a better future" /> He was named to the 2023 Charter 30 list.<ref name="Charter 30: The Leaders, Thinkers, and Innovators Shaping the Future of Work">{{cite magazine |last1=Nazeer |first1=Cari |title=Charter 30: The Leaders, Thinkers, and Innovators Shaping the Future of Work |url=https://time.com/charter/6959670/charter-30/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |publisher=Charter |access-date=21 May 2024 |language=en |date=22 March 2024}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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Azeem Azhar | |
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Born | 1972 (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.
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
[edit]Azhar was born in 1972. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Merton College, Oxford University.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Azhar is the author of The Exponential Age: How Accelerating Technology is Transforming Business, Politics and Society (2021).
Accolades
[edit]Azhar was named to the Vox 2023 Future Perfect 50 list. [1] He was named to the 2023 Charter 30 list.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Walsh, Bryan (29 November 2023). "Azeem Azhar is drawing a road map to a better future". Vox. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "HBR presents Exponential View". Harvard Business Review. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Introducing Exponentially with Azeem Azhar". Harvard Business Review. 7 September 2023. Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Schofield, Jack; Arthur, Charles; Passmore, Nick; O'Neill, Bill (16 December 2009). "From old Futures to modern Technology". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Eastham, Laurence (April 2022). "Vantage Point". CA Magazine. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. pp. 12–14. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ofcom appoints two additional members to the Consumer Panel". August 3, 2004. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ Butcher, Mike (18 November 2011). "PeerIndex Takes The Honours As The Europas Awards Drifts Eastwards". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Butcher, Mike (17 December 2014). "Social Influence Startup PeerIndex Acquired By Brandwatch in Cash/Shares Deal". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Man, Yvonne; Ingles, David (13 June 2023). "Exponential View's Azhar on AI and Tech Outlook". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ Crichton, Danny (10 October 2021). "Everything is accelerating in the exponential age". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Kustra, Bob (5 January 2024). ""The Exponential Age" By Azeem Azhar". Boise State Public Radio. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ "Strategic Intelligence". World Economic Forum. 7 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Elliott, David (February 13, 2024). https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/02/trust-technology-ai-citizen-participation/%7CWorld Economic Forum. Retrieved October 22, 2024
- ^ "Azeem Azhar". World Economic Forum. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Nazeer, Cari (22 March 2024). "Charter 30: The Leaders, Thinkers, and Innovators Shaping the Future of Work". Time. Charter. Retrieved 21 May 2024.