Horace Dediu
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Horace Dediu | |
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| Born | Horace H. Dediu February 15, 1968 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | • Tufts University • Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Blogger, journalist, mobile analyst |
| Website | asymco.com |
Horace H. Dediu (born February 15, 1968)[1] is an Romanian-American industry analyst with a focus on mobile phones and especially Apple Inc..
He is known for his analysis of Apple's business strategy and predictions of their financials.[2] He is a co-host, with Dan Benjamin, of the Internet-television program The Critical Path with on 5by5 Studios and blogs at asymco.[clarification needed]
Early life and education
Dediu was born in Romania, then went to high school in Medford, Massachusetts, after his parents emigrated to the United States.
After receiving a Master of Science degree in computer engineering from Tufts University, located in Medford, he received an Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3] He was a student of Clayton Christensen, and frequently cites Christensen in his podcasts and on his website.[4]
Career
Dediu was an analyst for Nokia in Helsinki, Finland, from February 2001 to April 2009, with responsibility for Research in Motion.
He founded Asymco in April 2010.
Dediu also writes for the Harvard Business Review Blog[5] and is often interviewed by other news sources as an Apple expert.[6][7]
See also
- List of Harvard University people
- List of non-fiction writers
- List of people from Massachusetts
- List of Tufts University people
References
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ Elmer-DeWitt, Philip. "The New King of Apple Analysts". Fortune. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ People of asymco. "Asymco.com". Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Dediu, Horace. "Clayton Christensen and Siri". asymco.com. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Dediu, Horace. "Google's Strategic Mistakes Drove Motorola Buy". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Carmody, Tim (17 October 2011). "What Apple's Big Weekend Means in the Global Smartphone Market". Wired. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ Hardawar, Devindra. "Apple Now World's No. 1 Smartphone Vendor, Has More Cash than US Gov". VentureBeat. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- 1968 births
- 20th-century writers
- 21st-century writers
- American bloggers
- American freelance journalists
- American magazine journalists
- American technology journalists
- Harvard Business School alumni
- Living people
- People from Medford, Massachusetts
- Romanian emigrants to the United States
- Tufts University alumni
- Writers from Massachusetts