Apr 5, 2021
The James Brown of Tech & Media, Derrick Ashong, is the hardest working brother in the game. Born in a house with no running water in Accra, Ghana, he made it to Harvard and on to work with unknowns like Spielberg & Oprah. He has earned 3 Emmy nods for pioneering interactive content across platforms and has spoken about issues of Tech, Media & Society for UK Parliament, the UN, Stanford, Harvard & Wharton Business Schools, & MIT. While he and his wife were raising two toddlers, Derrick founded amp.it, a tech startup that drives and measures engagement for digital content. And because he had so much extra time on his hands, he simultaneously created two-time Interactive Emmy finalist, The World Cup of Hip Hop. Recently, he co-founded the innovation firm, Authentik, with Laurie Meadoff and Tony Krantz. He’s considering slowing down, but then again, nah!