Charlie Muirhead

Charlie Muirhead is the CEO and Founder of CognitionX, a real-time expert network augmented by predictive, machine intelligence. He has has spent 20 years building innovative, data-driven technology businesses and investment networks.

Charlie founded Orchestream in 1996 aged 21, and took it to a £1 billion market cap Nasdaq IPO just four years later, before being acquired by Oracle. He has set up a total eight of startups across telecoms, IT outsourcing, live and on-demand video production, influencer and social media marketing, and now research and market intelligence - resulting in 3 IPOs and 2 trade sales.

Charlie was recognised by TIME, named the European Technology Forum's Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in March 2004, and selected twice as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.

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