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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
James SlezakSwayableFounder/CEOWinter 2018B2BNew York, United States30https://x.com/jslez
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James Slezak
Founder/CEO·Swayable
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder/CEO
Team size30
BatchWinter 2018
LocationNew York, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
James is Founder and CEO of Swayable. He was previously Executive Director of Digital Strategy for The New York Times. Before that, he was a founding partner at Purpose.com, a consultant at McKinsey, and co-founded Peers.org, working closely with the founders of Airbnb. Originally from Australia, James earned a PhD in experimental physics at Cornell, with discoveries published in Science, Nature, and PNAS, and also studied economics under World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
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COMPANY CONTEXT
Swayable
Swayable predicts consumer opinion and the impact of content
TagsMachine Learning
