Meet the Speaker: Alex Jones ’15

Alex Jones ’15 is the CEO & Co-Founder of Hallow, a Catholic startup focused on prayer, meditation, music, the Bible, and sleep. Launched three and a half years ago, Hallow has rapidly grown, achieving over one billion minutes prayed, 8 million downloads, 170 million prayers prayed, and 100,000 five-star reviews, making it the #1 Catholic app worldwide. Raised Catholic in Columbus, Ohio, Alex drifted from his faith but rediscovered it through secular meditation, leading to the creation of Hallow. The team has grown to 100 and raised substantial venture funding. Alex graduated from Notre Dame in 2015 and Stanford in 2020, worked at McKinsey, and now lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter, and son. He has been honored as a Forbes 30 under 30 member alongside his co-founders Erich Kerekes and Alessandro DiSanto, and as a member of the inaugural University of Notre Dame Domer Dozen.