Massimo Ciociola

Massimo Ciociola
Born Puglia, Italy
Residence Bologna, Italy
Alma mater Telecommunication Engineer, University of Bologna
Occupation Founder and CEO of Musixmatch
Website www.musixmatch.com

Massimo Ciociola is an Italian entrepreneur.[1][2][3] He is the founder and CEO of Musixmatch, a platform for users to search and share lyrics.[4][5][6]

Early life

Ciociola was born in Puglia, Italy and grew up in Manfredonia. He attended telecommunication Engineering at the University of Bologna in 1995. He’s married with Dora and has 2 kids: Alice and Francesco Maria.

Career

During graduation, Ciociola founded Wireless Solutions, a multimedia mobile gateway platform in 1998.[7] The company was acquired by DADA in 2002 and he joined the company as VP Mobile Services first and then as CEO Dada Spain and Latam.[8] During his time at DADA spa, he helped in the development of the company by launching operations in several countries like Spain, Portugal, South Africa, India, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, US, UK and Indonesia.

Ciociola founded Musixmatch with Gianluca Delli Carri, Francesco Delfino, and Giuseppe Costantino in 2010.[9][10][11] In 2016 then joined Andrea Gaudenzi. The platform displays lyrics synchronised with the music being played[12] and can be integrated with major music streaming services including Spotify,[13] Apple Music and others.[14][15][16] As of 2018, it has 73 million users and 14 million lyrics. Musixmatch is currently used by most of music streaming service as a source for lyrics and language data.[17][18][19]

References

  1. ↑ "Ciociola (Musixmatch): 9 motivi per cui si può fare startup anche in Italia (ma dimenticando l'Italia) | Economyup". Economyup (in Italian). 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  2. ↑ "Lo startupper a Sky TG24: "È un'avventura ma non si guadagna subito" | Sky TG24" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  3. ↑ "Huawei elegge gli eroi di domani nella campagna I AM WHAT I DO". Ninja (in Italian). 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. ↑ "L'inarrestabile ascesa di Max Ciociola, dalla Puglia all'acclamazione di Zuckerberg". Startupitalia (in Italian). 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  5. ↑ "Un altro successo 'Made in Manfredonia' | Stato Quotidiano". Stato Quotidiano (in Italian). 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  6. ↑ ""I am what I do": Huawei celebra tre imprenditori della tecnologia | Sky TG24" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  7. ↑ "Max Ciociola - StartupItalia! Open Summit 2018". StartupItalia! Open Summit 2018 (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  8. ↑ "Massimo Ciociola | Startup Ranking". StartupRanking. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  9. ↑ "L'inarrestabile ascesa di Max Ciociola, dalla Puglia all'acclamazione di Zuckerberg". Startupitalia (in Italian). 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  10. ↑ "Massimo Ciociola is the "errante" statue that wanders through milan". www.ilsipontino.net. 12 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Un altro successo 'Made in Manfredonia' | Stato Quotidiano". Stato Quotidiano (in Italian). 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  12. ↑ "Musixmatch Wants to Be the 'IMDb of Music Lyrics,' Launches Lyric Video Messaging App". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  13. ↑ Wright, Mic (2015-02-26). "Spotify Desktop Update Adds Full Lyrics from MusixMatch". The Next Web. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  14. ↑ "Shazam e Musixmatch, alleanza per i testi delle canzoni in tempo reale. Max Ciociola: "Ecco com'è nato l'accordo" - Startupitalia". Startupitalia (in Italian). 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  15. ↑ "Song Lyrics App Musixmatch Hacks Its Way To 50M Downloads/30M MAUs, Adds Spotify Support". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  16. ↑ "Spotify's karaoke-style lyrics are gone, for now". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  17. ↑ "Chi è Massimo Ciociola, l'italiano applaudito da Zuckerberg ieri a Roma". Ninja, la piattaforma italiana per la digital economy (in Italian). 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  18. ↑ "Musixmatch Wants to Be the 'IMDb of Music Lyrics,' Launches Lyric Video Messaging App". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  19. ↑ "Ecco chi c'è dietro l'enorme statua che ha fatto il giro di Milano: Huawei". MilanoToday. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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