Alex Moazed

Alex Moazed is an American entrepreneur and author. Moazed is the Founder and CEO of Applico. In 2016, Macmillan published his book, Modern Monopolies, which defines the platform business model.[1]

Alex Moazed
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBabson College
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • Author
Known forAuthor of Modern Monopolies, CEO of Applico
Notable workModern Monopolies
Websitemodernmonopolies.com

Business career

While a junior in college, Moazed founded Applico with a few personal credit cards in 2009.[2] By 2014, the company achieved $10 million in revenue.[3] With the publication of Modern Monopolies in 2016, Moazed focused his expertise on the platform business model appearing regularly on business television networks like Yahoo Finance,[4] Bloomberg,[5] and Fox News[6]

In May 2019, WisdomTree Investments launched the world's first platform business ETF (NYSE:PLAT) based on data that Alex and Applico licensed to WisdomTree.[7]

Published works
  • Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy. (2016)[8]

References
  1. "The Greatest Tech Businesses Aren't Really Tech". Bloomberg.com. August 9, 2016.
  2. "College Startups: Strip Down to the Essentials".
  3. "Alex Moazed of Applico Launched His Company from His Dorm Room". January 15, 2015.
  4. "Applico CEO on global tech industry".
  5. "Applico CEO: Monopolies Aren't Always a Bad Thing".
  6. "The connected revolution".
  7. "Huawei's Handset Business Outside China 'Effectively Dead': Applico CEO".
  8. "Modern Monopolies".
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