Alexander Blass

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About Alexander Blass

Wharton and Oxford-educated, Alexander Blass is known as the father of crowdfunding®. An internationally acclaimed American innovator who has traveled to 65 countries, Blass has appeared in numerous media outlets globally including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Associated Press, MSNBC, FOX, Businessweek, The Independent, Economic Times, and Times of India.Blass is the grand prize winner of the Daily Record’s Top Innovator of the Year Award, crediting him with “revolutionizing charitable giving” for inventing and launching the world's first person-to-person crowdfunding website, spawning what is now a $20 billion industry, helping and inspiring over 40 million people worldwide.Alexander Blass is the CEO and Innovator-in-Chief at the Innovation Institute of America® where he conducts educational and inspirational keynote presentations, masterclass training workshops, coaching, and consulting services (live and online). His clients have included many of the world's leading companies such as Mastercard, IBM, KPMG, Saudi Aramco, Statoil, and Solvay.A leading expert in innovation as someone who has “been there and done that,” Blass is a highly sought after conference keynote speaker and innovation masterclass training workshop presenter at conferences on innovation and creativity, leadership and change, business development, entrepreneurship, and the future.Blass was honored as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Wharton School of Business. He also received Baltimore Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 Executives Award, Daily Record’s Influential Marylanders Award, and the WebAward for Outstanding Achievement.Previously, Blass was a venture capitalist, strategy consultant and software developer, beginning his career at KPMG Consulting. While a principal at the VC fund, a portfolio company went from a investment to a $500 million cash acquisition by a Fortune 50 corporation.As an invited expert at National Science Foundation on many occasions, he evaluated $100 million in investment recommendations.Alexander Blass received an MBA from Oxford University in England and also holds a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where he concurrently studied at the Wharton School of Business.For more information and to book Alexander Blass for a keynote speaking engagement, masterclass training workshop, coaching, or consulting engagement for your organization or conference, please visit or