Alexandru Iliescu is co-founder and CEO of Mondly. Former IBM consultant who experienced the life of Silicon Valley, Alexandru is now working to advance language learning through the use of advanced technology.

Co-founded in Romania with his brother Tudor in 2013, Mondly has become one of the most popular language-learning platforms in the world with 80 million downloads.
Their platform provides courses in 41 languages with a gamified experience on mobile and virtual reality devices to individual customers and enterprises.

His focus on creating the future of learning is paying off as their newest creation, Mondly VR became the #1 Best Selling educational app in the first week of its launch on Oculus Quest, Facebook’s newest virtual reality store.

Alexandru speaks English, French, Italian and he is currently learning Russian. As a former tennis player, he enjoys hitting the court to play a friendly match now and then. His newest hobby is diving, Alexandru being certified as Advanced Open Water Diver.