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Business Leaders - Jason Trost

New Thinking: Leaders

New Thinking: Leaders podcast brings you extended one-to-one interviews with key leaders pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and advancing their fields. Host Zorianna Kit speaks to top CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, artists, and other visionary experts shaping our future. Discover the secrets of their success and how they challenge the status quo while influencing culture and building businesses. Be inspired as you get up close and personal with these leaders and discover what makes them tick.

Jason Trost is founder and chief executive of Smarkets. As one of the world's largest betting exchanges, the company simplifies peer-to-peer betting on hundreds of markets daily. With more than 200,000 customers trading billions of pounds annually, it is one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe. Prior to co-founding Smarkets, Jason worked in the global asset management division at UBS, designing and implementing proprietary software to assist in one of the world’s largest hedge fund trading operations. In this in-depth conversation, Jason discusses why sports betting is a “zero-line game”, describes how computer algorithms can flag customers with potential gambling addictions to offer help, and reveals how the company’s prediction markets offer one of the most sophisticated tools for tracking live probabilities for general elections.

Jason Trost is founder and chief executive of Smarkets. As one of the world&apos;s largest betting exchanges, the company simplifies peer-to-peer betting on hundreds of markets daily. With more than 200,000 customers trading billions of pounds annually, it is one of the fastest-growing companies in Europe. Prior to co-founding Smarkets, Jason worked in the global asset management division at UBS, designing and implementing proprietary software to assist in one of the world’s largest hedge fund trading operations. In this in-depth conversation, Jason discusses why sports betting is a “zero-line game”, describes how computer algorithms can flag customers with potential gambling addictions to offer help, and reveals how the company’s prediction markets offer one of the most sophisticated tools for tracking live probabilities for general elections.

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