# Mark Asseily

> Mark Asseily is a British-Lebanese technology entrepreneur and State co-founder who served as CEO at launch. His earlier work included Moxi, business development at Skype and product development at Rebtel. State publicly launched in 2014 as an opinion network; its original operator, Equal Media Ltd, dissolved in May 2024.

- **Role:** Technology entrepreneur and product executive
- **Organizations:** State, Equal Media Ltd, Rebtel, Skype, Moxi
- **Nationality:** British-Lebanese
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford University, BA with honors, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School
- **Known for:** Co-founded the State opinion network., Led product development at Rebtel., Named co-inventor on opinion-network patent application WO2013024338A1.

## Career timeline

- **Before Skype** — Worked at Moxi in technology licensing and cable-platform business development.
- **Before State** — Director of Business Development at Skype; later led a 200-person products business in the Middle East and product development at Rebtel.
- **2010** — Listed as EqualMedia co-founder and CEO in the Skoll World Forum programme.
- **2013** — Named among the inventors on published opinion-network application WO2013024338A1.
- **2014** — State opened publicly on web and iPhone on 27 February; Mark was co-founder and CEO at launch.
- **2014** — On 1 May, described community feedback behind State’s mobile update.
- **2024** — Equal Media Ltd dissolved on 19 May.

## Achievements

- Co-founded the State opinion network.
- Led product development at Rebtel.
- Named co-inventor on opinion-network patent application WO2013024338A1.

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Equal Media Ltd, the original State operator, was dissolved on 19 May 2024.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markasseily

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Last updated: 2026-10-22