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The founder's exit. Alex Tomic on letting go of the CEO chair.
Alex Tomic co-founded Alea and built it into one of the industry's most recognisable aggregator brands. In February 2024 he did something most founders cannot: he stepped down as CEO and handed the day-to-day to Jordi Sendra. Not succession theory. The actual mechanics of stepping back, and who you are without the title.
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Letting go means confronting who you are without the title. This was the hour on that.
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“It is so refreshing to finally see and hear someone openly talk about the real challenges of leading a business. This is the kind of stuff you can't get at any conference.”
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About the speaker
Alexandre Tomic co-founded Alea, the casino aggregator and platform provider, after more than a decade in iGaming that ran from affiliate network owner to casino operator. Under his leadership Alea grew into a global business with a strong footprint in Latin America, Africa and Asia. In February 2024 he stepped down as CEO, appointing COO Jordi Sendra to the role and moving to a non-executive position focused on strategy and emerging markets. He hosts The Under Pressure Podcast, recorded with founders inside an Alea-branded hyperbaric oxygen chamber that travels to industry events, and is a vocal advocate for hiring from outside the industry and for staff wellbeing. He is based in Limassol, originally from Paris.
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