Alex Cruz
Chairman Of The Board @ British Airways
London, United Kingdom
Alex Cruz is a Series A investor at British Airways in London focused on Machine Learning and Virtual Assistant. Alex began his professional career at American Airlines in 1995, spending half his 10 years at the group with its travel technology arm, Sabre, in London, working with a range of European airlines.In 2000, he became a partner at Arthur D Little before setting up his own aviation consulting firm in 2002. In 2005, he joined Accenture as its headof aviation.In 2006 he founded Clickair, a Barcelona-based airline, merging the airline with Vueling in 2009 and becoming Vueling’s Chairman and CEO.Vueling was acquired by International Airline Group (IAG) in 2013, with Alex joining the IAG Management Committee.In April 2016, Alex was appointed Chairman and CEO of British Airways.He is also a visiting lecturer at the IESE Business School in Madrid and the ESADE Business & Law School in Barcelona.Alex is 50 years old and originally from Bilbao in Spain. He has a degree in industrial engineering from Central Michigan University, an MSc from the Ohio State University, and Business Management & Administration degree from the Cox School of Business in Dallas. He is married with four children and lives in London.
- Total investments:
- 1
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Investment Focus
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- Machine Learning 1 (100%)
- Virtual Assistant 1 (100%)
- Internet of Things 1 (100%)
- Predictive Analytics 1 (100%)
- Artificial Intelligence 1 (100%)
Investments
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Sherpa.ai
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Sherpa.ai, based in Bilbao and Silicon Valley, is a leader in Artificial Intelligence services. Among its AI services are the white-label conversational Digital Assistant, predictive technologies, and the most advanced AI framework applied to data privacy in the world. Plus, Sherpa.ai has been named one of the top 10 leading Artificial Intelligencecompanies in the world, alongside Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM. In 2019, Tom Gruber, founder and ex-CTO of Siri, joined the team; and in 2020, marketing executive Joanna Hoffman, the former Marketing Director at Apple, became part of the team, along with Celestino García, the ex-Corporate Vice President of Samsung and current Vice President of Business Development at Sherpa.ai. Sherpa.ai’s Artificial Intelligence platform is designed to improve companies' results. Sherpa.ai has agreements with companies like Porsche, Volkswagen, Prisa, and Samsung, among others. To learn more about Sherpa.ai: http://www.sherpa.ai/ Sherpa Keynote 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPPvTCxg92o Sherpa.ai’s Response to COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E65xMrrqwFM | $10M / Series A / Mar 16, 2021 |
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About British Airways
British Airways is the UK's largest international airline and one of the world's leading global premium carriers. Its principal place of business is London, the world's largest premium travel market, with significant presence at Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports.British Airways’ main home at Heathrow is Terminal 5, whichhas been voted the world's Best Airport Terminal by airline travellers across the globe in the latest SkyTrax survey.Operating one of the most extensive international scheduled airline route networks, together with its joint business agreement, codeshare and franchise partners, flies to more than 70 different countries. British Airways carries almost 40 million customers a year and has a fleet of more than 280 aircraft.British Airways is a founding member of oneworld, the alliance of airlines around the globe, which together serves some 1,000 destinations across the globe.
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Celestine Johnson
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Jay Aubby
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Raoul Cooper
Senior Design Manager
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Rebecca Napier
Chief Financial Officer
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What does Alex Cruz invest in?
Alex Cruz invests primarily in Machine Learning, Virtual Assistant and Internet of Things startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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