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About
Rafat Ali is the CEO and founder of Skift, a business media intelligence and marketing company serving the travel industry. He previously founded and led paidContent and ContentNext, which he sold to the UK's Guardian News and Media in 2008 and departed in 2010, and earlier worked as managing editor of Silicon Alley Reporter. He holds a Master's in Journalism from Indiana University, where he was a Knight Fellow, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from AMU in Aligarh, India.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rafat Ali?
- Rafat Ali is the CEO and founder of Skift, a business media intelligence and marketing company serving the travel industry. He previously founded and led paidContent and ContentNext, which he sold to the UK's Guardian News and Media in 2008 and departed in 2010, and earlier worked as managing editor of Silicon Alley Reporter. He holds a Master's in Journalism from Indiana University, where he was a Knight Fellow, and a BSc in Computer Engineering from AMU in Aligarh, India.
- Where does Rafat Ali work?
- Rafat Ali is Founder of Skift.
- What companies did Rafat Ali found?
- Rafat Ali founded Skift.
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Indiana University Bloomington mafia136
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Aligarh Muslim University mafia4
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Media Development Investment Fund mafia4
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GigaOm mafia3
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