Niccolo de Masi is an experienced public company chief
executive officer and board member with expertise in
deep tech, mobile, and creating enterprise software-
hardware ecosystems. Today he is IonQ’s Chairman &
CEO, and serves on its Board nominating and governing
and audit committee since sponsoring its IPO in 2020.

He has served on the Board of 14 public companies
including IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Xura (NASDAQ: MESG),
Glu (NASDAQ: GLUU), Monstermob (LSE: MOB),
Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI), Genius Sports Group
(NYSE: GENI), Resideo (NYSE: REZI) and Planet (NYSE: PL).
He has also served on the board of six dMY Technology
Group’s blank cheque vehicles. de Masi has extensive
global market experience having been a public company
CEO three times, and a private company CEO three times.
He has immense public market corporate governance
experience having chaired or served on compensation,
audit, and nominating and governing committees for
over a decade.

Over the course of his career, de Masi has helped lead
and consummate approximately 50 mergers and
acquisitions and has helped raise approximately $4 billion
in equity to support public and private companies he has
led. de Masi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Glu
and of Monstermob before the age of 30. He began his
career in roles at JPMorgan, Siemens and Technicolor.

He has also served on several private Boards including
Chairing Carlyle-backed Jagex and General Catalyst-
backed Ares Interactive. He has been a member of
the Leadership Council of the UCLA Grand Challenge
for nearly a decade. de Masi received first class B.A.
and M.Sci degrees in physics from Cambridge University
where he specialized in quantum mechanics and
next generation electron beam lithography.