Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Emma.love.
Over a 27-year career spanning IBM, NCR, Microsoft, and Google, he helped launch nearly half of Google’s global operations and later led business strategy at Google X, the innovation lab behind breakthrough technologies such as self-driving cars and Project Loon.
Following the loss of his son Ali, Mo developed a practical model for happiness that inspired his international bestseller Solve for Happy and the global One Billion Happy movement.
He is also the author of Scary Smart, That Little Voice in Your Head, Unstressable, and Alive. Through his writing, speaking, and technology ventures, Mo explores the intersection of human wellbeing, artificial intelligence, and the future of society.