Alex Klokus
American entrepreneur
Alex Klokus is an American entrepreneur and executive producer. He is the co-founder of the technology news website Futurism, and co-founded Gravity Blanket.2
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About
In 2017, Klokus was inducted into the Forbes 30 Under 30 in its media category alongside his Futurism co-founder Jordan Lejuwaan. Klokus is currently a founder and managing partner of the SALT fund. Klokus is a moderator at the SALT iConnections conference and World Government Summit.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedStern School of Business3
Klokus received his undergraduate degree from New York University's Stern School of Business, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma in its 2012-2013 induction year.
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Career
Occupation: executive producer, businessperson, entrepreneur.7
- 2017 to 2020Founder, Gravity Brand Holdings LLC4
- 2015 to 2019Founder, Futurism4 5
- Date not recordedWorked at SALT Fund Management LLC4
- Date not recordedFounded Futurism6
Futurism
Alex Klokus and Jordan Lejuwaan founded the technology news website Futurism through a Knight Foundation grant in 2017. Klokus and Lejuwaan were inducted into the media category of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017.
That same year, documents released by the United States Justice Department show that Klokus had email correspondence and in-person meetings with Jeffrey Epstein. Published documents reveal that Klokus met with Epstein in September 2017. Additional correspondence from October 2017 shows Klokus introducing technology entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, an investor in Futurism, to Epstein via email and facilitating a meeting between the two.
Futurism was acquired by Singularity University in 2019, before subsequently being sold to Recurrent Ventures in July 2021.
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SALT
Alex Klokus is a founder and managing partner of the SALT fund.
Other ventures
Alongside AJ Scaramucci, Klokus co-founded "The Pineapple Palace" co-working space and a startup called Pandos. Klokus co-founded the cryptocurrency investment fund Kyber Capital.
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Personal life
- CitizenshipUnited States8
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- 1WikidataAlex Klokus on Wikidata
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- 13Wikimedia CommonsAlex Klokus photo by Alexander Klokus, CC BY 4.0