Tom Simpson is an analyst and editor focused on the digital economy across Asia. He is the founder and editor of Digital in Asia, an independent editorial publication covering Asia’s digital markets since 2013, and writes the Hyperfuture Memo, a weekly Substack on the structural shifts shaping Asian technology and media. Tom is the founder of AK3R, his investing and advisory brand at the intersection of gaming, AI, adtech, and digital media.
Based in Singapore, Tom has spent over a decade tracking the operators, regulations, and platforms shaping Asia’s digital economy, with deep coverage of gaming, e-commerce, digital payments, AI policy, data centre infrastructure, and bilateral digital trade.
Background
Previously: Non-exec Chair at TotallyAwesome · CEO at Livewire · SVP at AdColony · Campaign Asia 40 Under 40 · Mobile Marketing Association Board Member · IAB Committee Member.