Anthony Goldbloom
Anthony Goldbloom
Anthony John Goldbloomis the founder and CEO of Kaggle, a Silicon Valley start-up which has used predictive modeling competitions to solve problems for NASA, Wikipedia, Ford and Deloitte. Kaggle has improved the state of the art across a range of fields, including mapping dark matter and HIV/AIDS research. Kaggle has received considerable media attention since it first launched in February 2010, particularly following news that it had received $11.25 million in Series A funding from a round led by...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth21 June 1983
CountryUnited States of America
If competition for Kaggle's top talent becomes fierce enough among banks, insurance companies, hedge funds - we hope the world's best data scientists will earn more than $50 million per year, just like the world's best hedge fund managers.
I got really excited about the idea of data-driven startup just as I was starting Kaggle.
Without the discipline of having a wife to come home to, you end up just working all the time.