Draft:Alex Klokus

Alex Klokus is an American entrepreneur, the founder of the technology news website Futurism, and an executive producer. In 2017, Klokus was inducted into the Forbes 30 Under 30 in its media category alongside his Futurism co-founder Jordan Lejuwaan. Klokus is currently the founding and managing partner of the SALT fund, which is part of SkyBridge Capital. Klokus is a moderator at the SALT iConnections conference.

Education
Alex Klokus attended New York University's Stern School of Business, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma in its 2012-2013 induction year.

Futurism
Alex Klokus and Jason Lejuwaan founded the technology news website Futurism through a Knight Foundation grant in 2017, with Forbes subsequently reporting later that year that the site received more than three million visitors a month with its media content generating over 140 million monthly views. Futurism entered into partnerships with the Prime minister's office of Dubai to offer an Arabic language version of Futurism and with the White House for "South by South Lawn" and other events. The company established a "native advertising arm" with Nokia and other companies. Prior to the company's formal launch, it was a technology meet-up discussion group in New York City.

Klokus and Futurism co-founder Jordan Lejuwaan were inducted into the media category of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017.

Futurism was acquired by Singularity University in 2019 before subsequently selling it to Recurrent Ventures in July 2021. When Futurism was sold to Singularity University, Futurism's product the Gravity Blanket was spun off into its own company, Gravity Brand Holdings LLC, which was then led by Klokus and Mike Grillo before its 2021 acquisition by Win Brands Group.

Film production
Alex Klokus has served as executive producer on multiple films, one of which won a Best Feature award and debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2018, Klokus executive produced the 2018 documentary film Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain alongside Zach LeBeau, Arie Levy-Cohen, and Joseph Lubin. The film, which was written and directed by British American actor Alex Winter, covers the evolution of blockchain technology and its divisive nature while considering whether it is an economic bubble.

The following year he served as executive producer for the documentary I Am Human, which debuted at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival to wide acclaim, alongside American director Geoff Clark. I Am Human follows the medical cases of three patients undergoing complex experimental brain treatments with the goal of regaining lost abilities, including body movement and vision. Praised as "an optimistic, wholesome antidote to fearmongering", the film contemplates the existential question "What makes us human?" The film won Best Director at the Oslo Film Festival and Best Feature at the Other Worlds Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

SALT
Alex Klokus is the founder and managing partner of the SALT fund, which is part of the American investment firm SkyBridge Capital. He has hosted SkyBridge Alternatives Conference panels with Standford Professor Dr. Garry Nolan and retired Lieutenant colonel Karl Nell, a former member of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, about their experiences and beliefs relating to unidentified flying objects.