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Alex Hendy

Critic · DISC type C
Head of New Business & Co-Founder at Stride Social
📍 Taunton, England, United Kingdom

Alex Hendy is the Head of New Business and Co-Founder of Stride Social, an agency dedicated to scaling brands through influencer advertising. He leverages his unique background as a former content creator with over 14 million followers to inform his strategies. He studied Business & Entrepreneurship at Oxford Brookes University.

Alex began creating content on YouTube to build confidence after undergoing speech therapy as a child, finding it helped him overcome communication struggles. Now an entrepreneur, he is a keen advocate for fitness and has completed marathons in his personal time, balancing his professional drive with a healthy lifestyle.

Unique fact: He successfully transitioned from being a social media creator with over one billion views to founding his own influencer and talent agency.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Head of New Business & Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Taunton, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Alex shows up

Critic
Negotiator
Precise

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Priorities

Topics Alex cares about

Creator Economy
As a former creator turned agency founder, he is deeply invested in the business side of content creation and ensuring creators are compensated fairly and on time.
Talent Development
He is actively hiring talent managers and launched a 'Creator Academy' to help new influencers learn the business and grow their careers.
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Career

Work history

12-2021
Head of New Business & Co-Founder
Stride Social
9-2013
Social Media Creator
Alxhendy
In the press

Media appearances

Stride Social Co‑Founder Shares His Secret To Helping Creators …. Featured in Instagram
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Stride Social Co-Founder Shares His Secret To Helping Creators .... Featured in Net Influencer
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Education
9-2021 - 10-2021
Business & entrepreneurship
Oxford Brookes University
2014 - 2021
Education details unavailable
Wellington School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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