Ian Osborne is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer at Hedosophia. He is also an angel investor. He has invested in leading Internet and technology companies since 2012, and has co-invested with the preeminent growth equity and venture capital firms with respect to the firm's portfolio companies. Osborne has advised leading Internet and technology companies, their founders and CEOs, since 2009. Osborne is also the founder and Chairman of Osborne & Partners, a strategic advisory firm, and founder of Connaught, a financial advisory firm. Osborne also served as a Partner and Managing Director at DST Global, a family of funds investing in internet companies, that was established in 2009 and with high profile successes including Alibaba, Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify and Twitter. Osborne was educated at St Paul's School, King's College London, and the London School of Economics.