Former Apple CEO Gil Amelio joins Cirus Foundation as its Senior Advisor. The company is confident that his experience in technology and telecommunications will lead it towards the ambitious goal of ushering an online Ownership Economy.
Amelio is known for being a keen observer of mega-trends in technology and believes that blockchain technology is a once in a lifetime development.
After keeping Apple afloat amid selling pressure in the 1990’s, he continued his leadership in technology and telecommunications as a director at AT&T. His drive for innovation has now led him to a venture that could be just as consequential: giving internet users the ability to monetize their own data. In this way, he sees Cirus as a unique opportunity and use case for the new technology.
“I think data ownership is at the core of what the original promise of the internet was. It was always about decentralization and empowering the individual,” stated Cirus Foundation Senior Advisor Gil Amelio. “At Cirus we will be building the inroads for this to be possible and we are starting from the ground up. Blockchain is the next mega-trend and with Cirus we’re seeing the first project that nails its mass adoption.”