Thomas Walle was part of Tidal founding team before Jay-Z acquisition
Thomas Walle · The Power of Location Data // Thomas Walle, Unacast (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC) · Nov 13, 2019 · at 2:00
Thomas Walle, CEO of Unacast, shares his career background prior to Unacast as a co-founder at Tidal.
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“Prior to Unicast, I was a part of the founding team at Tidal, which you might be familiar with. It was acquired by Jay-Z, the rapper. So the company wasn't started in the U.S. It was started out of Norway, next to Spotify.”
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