Nicholas Johnson is Managing Partner at Applico, where he works directly with Fortune 500 C-Suites and Boards to help them scale platform businesses. He is a member of the investment committee for Applico Capital, and he oversees the company’s research into platforms, including the launch of Applico’s Platform Insights, which was licensed by Wisdom Tree to create PLAT, the first ETF for platform businesses as an asset class. He is the co-author of Applico’s Amazon-best seller Modern Monopolies, and he has been featured in the Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNN, CBS, Reuters, USA Today, Buzzfeed, Rolling Stone, GQ, Fortune, South China Morning Post, Good Morning America, and Teen Vogue, among many others. He writes regularly for outlets like the Financial Times, Inc., Business Insider, and TechCrunch.
Outside of work, Nick became the world’s first Pokémon master. Sponsored by Marriott Rewards and Expedia, he traveled the world and became the first person to catch all the Pokémon in Pokémon Go.
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Megamergers are not a silver bullet for success – Financial Times Op-Ed
Tech companies tinker under the hood of the automobile industry – Financial Times
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