Rafat Ali is the founder and chief executive officer of Skift, the most influential business media company in the global travel sector providing news, research, events and marketing services to key sectors in travel.
Previously, he was the founder of paid Content, which he sold to UK's Guardian News and Media in 2008. Prior to that, he was managing editor of Silicon Alley Reporter. Rafatwas the Knight Fellow at Indiana University, where hecompleted his Masters in Journalism, 1999-2000. Prior to that, he completed his BSc inComputer Engineering, at Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India.
Career History
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VOICES 2021: The Future of Everything
In the fourth session of BoF’s annual gathering, Harris Reed, Simon Whitehouse, Rafat Ali and others discussed the future of travel, the future of work and the future of gender-free fashion.
VOICES 2021: The Future of Everything
In the fourth session of BoF’s annual gathering, Harris Reed, Simon Whitehouse, Rafat Ali and others discussed the future of travel, the future of work and the future of gender-free fashion.
The BoF Podcast: Rafat Ali on the Month the World Stopped Travelling
In the latest special edition of the BoF Podcast, Rafat Ali, founder and CEO of the travel news site Skift, talks to BoF Editor-in-Chief Imran Amed about the tourism standstill following the outbreak of Covid-19 and its impact on travel retail.
The BoF Podcast: Rafat Ali on the Month the World Stopped Travelling
In the latest special edition of the BoF Podcast, Rafat Ali, founder and CEO of the travel news site Skift, talks to BoF Editor-in-Chief Imran Amed about the tourism standstill following the outbreak of Covid-19 and its impact on travel retail.