Cesar A. Hidalgo — CEO
César A. Hidalgo is a scholar and entrepreneur known for his work on economic complexity, digital democracy, and applied artificial intelligence. Hidalgo is a full professor at the Toulouse School of Economics from where he leads the Center for Collective Learning, an interdisciplinary laboratory with offices at the Toulouse School of Economics and at Corvinus University of Budapest. Between 2010 and 2019 Hidalgo led MIT’s Collective Learning group and prior to that he was a research fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Hidalgo is also a founder of Datawheel, an award winning company specialized in the creation of data distribution and visualization systems. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor in Physics from Universidad Católica de Chile. Hidalgo’s contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, including the 2018 Lagrange Prize and three Webby Awards. He is also the author of three books: Why Information Grows (Basic Books, 2015), The Atlas of Economic Complexity (MIT Press, 2014), and How Humans Judge Machines (MIT Press, 2021). His next book, The Infinite Alphabet, is scheduled for November 2025 with Penguin Random-House.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in economic complexity and data visualization sectors.
Location: Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Experience: 21 yrs 9 mos
Career Highlights
- Expert in economic complexity and digital democracy.
- Founder of award-winning data visualization company.
- Published author with multiple acclaimed books.
Work Experience
Datawheel
Co-Chief Executive Officer (1 yr 4 mos)
Chief Innovation Officer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Co-Founder (12 yrs 10 mos)
Chief Executive Officer (8 yrs 6 mos)
Toulouse School of Economics
Professor (1 yr 8 mos)
Visiting Professor (11 mos)
Corvinus University of Budapest
Head of Research (ERA Chair) (3 yrs 4 mos)
The University of Manchester
Honorary Professor (6 yrs 8 mos)
Harvard University
Visiting Professor (3 yrs 11 mos)
Université de Toulouse
ANITI Chair (3 yrs 11 mos)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Professor (4 yrs 6 mos)
Director, Collective Learning Group (9 yrs)
Assistant Professor (4 yrs 6 mos)
Harvard University
Faculty Associate, Center for International Development (2 yrs 5 mos)
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy (4 yrs 1 mo)
Research Fellow (1 yr 11 mos)
MIT Media Lab
ABC Career Development Professor (9 yrs)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Visiting Researcher (1 yr)
University of Notre Dame
PHD Student (4 yrs)
Education
PhD at University of Notre Dame
Lic. at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Bachelor's degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
