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About
Portuguese entrepreneur, author, media host, and technology strategist known for founding ztudium in 2011, for building media and research platforms such as Citiesabc and Businessabc, and for hosting long-form interview and podcast content focused on AI, blockchain, fintech, digital transformation, and future societies on his YouTube channel, Instagram, and his podcast series. His content has helped him amass over 950,000 Instagram followers and over 230,000 YouTube subscribers.
Before fame
He studied Languages and Literature at the University of Lisbon from 1992 to 1997. He began his professional career in 1997 as a founding member of Número - Arte e Cultura and also helped establish NumeroMagazine. He earned a master's degree in new media from London South Bank University in 2011. He worked on technology, innovation, and cultural projects connected to large organizations in the 2000s including Alcatel and Portugal's government technology department UMIC between 2003 and 2006. He founded ztudium in 2011 which has served as the umbrella group for many of his media, research, and innovation platforms. He began sharing content on YouTube in 2014. He founded the blockchain-based messaging and loyalty software Blockimpact in 2017.
Trivia
He has launched and co-founded multiple ABC platforms including Citiesabc, Businessabc, fashionabc, and techabc which publish interviews, rankings, reports, and thought leadership content. He has appeared as a keynote speaker at international events such as World Blockchain Summit and Chain2020.
Family life
He was born and raised in Portugal before living and working across several European countries including France, Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. He has both Portuguese and French heritage.
Associated with
He interviewed the founder of Hanson Robotics and creator of the humanoid robot Sophia David Hanson in April 2021.
