Alexander Hoye

Alexander Hoye is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Faction Skis. He was a Co-Chairman of MyBuilder He serves as the Chairman at Skimbit. In 1999 he co-founded GoIndustry in Europe, which he and his partners built from the proverbial napkin into a 17-country global leader in online industrial auctions. Alex and the team took it public in London where it was valued at over $100M. Before that, stints at Disney and McKinsey & Co. gave him a basis in media, strategy, finance and change management. As CEO of Latitude, one of Europe's largest independent digital marketing agencies, Alex and his team deliver PPC, SEO, social media strategies, affiliate marketing and is on the leading edge of the cross channel analytics to make a cohesive campaign effective to household brand names and SMEs alike. Since 2006, Alex has been encouraged by and is encouraging the wave of entrepreneurial inspiration capturing Europe. To this end, Alex has acted as angel investor and mentor in internet-based and consumer projects. These include Seedcamp, home repair marketplace MyBuilder.com, RentMineOnline, Faction Skis, which he co-founded, UserVoice, GoMix, as well as Skimbit. Alex is an advisor to private equity firm Vitruvian Partners, which applies venture methods to the social sector. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.