CEO at Latitude
London, United Kingdom
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- CEO at Latitude
- Chief Executive, Hands-on Advisory and Investment at Hoye.org
- Board, Advisor at U-MYX
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- Co-Founder, CEO, CFO, CTO and CMO at different times. at GoIndustry plc
- Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co.
- Manager at Disney
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- Harvard Business School
- Stanford University
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Alex Hoye’s Summary
Alex brings a broad range of experience from Europe and around the world. He co-founded GoIndustry plc from the proverbial napkin, nurturing it from bootstrap, product development stage through to its current status as a publicly-listed, 18-country market leader.
Since leaving GoIndustry in June 2006, he has been heavily involved in internet businesses primarily in Europe including search, advertising and marketplaces.
Alex acts as a principal, angel and mentor in internet-based and consumer brand projects. Some of these include Seedcamp.org, where he is chairman of the Advisory Board, home repair marketplace MyBuilder.com, skills marketplace PeoplePerHour, Skimbit and edgy Faction Skis, which he co-founded and U-MYX. Alex is a trustee of the Venture Partnership Foundation, which applies venture methods to the social sector, is an officer of London’s YPO chapter.
Alex cut his teeth at McKinsey & Co. and Disney, building analytical, restructuring, finance, and M&A skills. He has worked out of the UK, Germany, the US and Latin America, speaking the respective languages to varying degrees. While obtaining his BA from Stanford and MBA from Harvard, ever the entrepreneur, he co-founded the wine club at both. He also enjoys running, skiing and surfing.
Alex Hoye’s Specialties:
• Start-up: Concept, recruitment, first customers/suppliers, buzz
• Turnaround: Restructuring, re-building, rapid results
• Private Equity/VCs: Term sheets, due diligence, negotiation
• Growth: Financial planning, tech innovation, stakeholder comms, sales teams, global growth
• M&A: target ID, deals, post-deal integration
• Late-stage finance: Mezz, IPO, institutional investors
• Fun: Business a serious, but people work harder & better when it’s fun
