Michael Tchong

Michael Tchong has spent more than two decades living at the bleeding edge of consumer trends. His intuitive sense for reading the future has earned him a reputation as one of the savviest thinkers of the information age.

A serial entrepreneur, Michael developed a host of successful media and technology companies to help consumers and businesses harness the potential of new innovations. His successes include founding MacWEEK, CyberAtlas, ICONOCAST and Ubercool, a next-generation social-engagement marketing company aimed at trendsetters.

Michael tracks consumer lifestyles with boundless energy, translating trends into emerging opportunities. He is currently working on his sixth start-up, which will help reinvent the marketing and media worlds.

Michael’s a global citizen who surveys the landscape from San Francisco’s Potrero Hill district. A sought-after speaker, he has been quoted by, or appeared on, such leading media as Access Hollywood, BBC News, Bloomberg TV, Business Week, CNET, the UK’s Independent, The New York Times, Variety, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Wired.