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Zak Ali

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New York, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Rantt Media, Forbes, Flipboard
10+ years at the intersection of marketing and finance. generalist. co-founded @ranttmedia. general manager, @finder. thoughts and em dashes are my own.

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Zak Ali’s Biography

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General Manager of Finder.com. Zak has over a decade of executive experience, leading high performance teams. Previously Rantt Media, co-founder & CEO. Well versed in leadership, growth strategy, AI, SEO, digital marketing, brand development, PR, product management, UI/UX design, and web development.

Zak Ali’s Journalist Portfolio

A Conversation With Malcolm Kenyatta | Rantt Media

A Conversation With Malcolm Kenyatta | Rantt Media

Pennsylvania State Representative for the 181st district, Malcolm Kenyatta, is a rising star in the Democrati…

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Meet Eliza Orlins: The Manhattan DA Candidate Primarying Cy Vance | Rantt Media

Meet Eliza Orlins: The Manhattan DA Candidate Primarying Cy Vance | Rantt Media

In 2021, Democratic candidate Eliza Orlins will run against incumbent Cy Vance for Manhattan DA. In 2021, a p…

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Medicare For All Plans, Compared | Rantt Media

Medicare For All Plans, Compared | Rantt Media

People who live in the United States spend more on healthcare per capita than any other civilized country in …

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The Difference Between Quality And AI Slop Is Specificity

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By Zak Ali
| Forbes Verified
Zak Ali is General Manager for Finder.com, a global financial comparison platform helping millions make better financial decisions. ​I tried to build a design agent in Claude recently. The prompt I gave rested entirely on two words: credible and modern. What it handed back was a clean, plausible, completely generic screen. Gradient borders. A little pill floating above the headline. The visual equivalent of a stock photo. Frustrated, I started correcting. No to the border. No to the pill.
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In The AI Era, Structural Redesign Should Be What Guides Layoffs

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By Zak Ali
| Forbes Verified
Zak Ali is General Manager for Finder.com, a global financial comparison platform helping millions make better financial decisions. In the first half of 2026, more than 100 tech companies announced layoffs, totaling more than 100,000 jobs (at time of writing). While many cited AI as a driver, it was clear that some were typical cost reductions or over-hiring corrections.
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The Best Leaders Are Finding Time To Do Individual Contributor Work

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By Zak Ali
| Forbes Verified
Zak Ali is General Manager for Finder.com, a global financial comparison platform helping millions make better financial decisions. It seems that every leadership book I've read that's been written in the last 30 years delivers the same advice: work on the business, not in it. Delegate execution. Rise above the details. Focus on strategy. That advice assumed the way work gets done inside a company changes slowly enough that leaders can stay above it and still understand it.
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