James Altucher
| James Altucher | |
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 James Altucher |
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| Born | January 1968, 1968 |
| Residence | New York, New York |
| Known for | Entrepreneur, Blogging |
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| http://www.jamesaltucher.com/ | |
James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and author.[1] He has founded or cofounded over 20 companies, including Reset Inc. and StockPickr.[2][3] He has published 11 books, and is a frequent contributor to publications including The Financial Times, TheStreet.com, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha and The Huffington Post.[4][5]
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Career [edit]
Altucher attended Cornell University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1989.[1][4][6] He later attended Carnegie Mellon University as a doctoral candidate in the same discipline.[7][8] Altucher's first job after graduating was with HBO, in their IT department. At one point, Altucher hosted an HBO program, III:am, where he roamed the streets of New York late at night interviewing residents of the city.[1][5]
Altucher's entrepreneurial career began in 1996 when he founded Reset Inc., a website design firm, while still working for HBO.[9] His clients included the Wu Tang Clan, American Express, Con Edison, Time Warner, BMG, and Universal.[4][9]
In 1998, Altucher left HBO and sold Reset Inc. for approximately $10 million, and used the proceeds to fund his new internet investments.[2][3] According to Altucher, he began this period with $15 million in the bank and within two years had lost it all, which led him to reevaluate his approach to business and to life.[2] During this time, Jim Cramer of TheStreet.com hired him to write about stocks and Altucher began trading for hedge funds.[1]
From 2002-2005 he traded for several hedge funds and from 2004-2006, ran a fund of hedge funds.[1][10][11] Currently, Altucher is Managing Director of Formula Capital, an asset management firm.[12]
StockPickr [edit]
In 2006 Altucher founded the financial social network StockPickr.[13][14] The website is a community based trading website which offers stock picks from amateur investors, a discussion forum, a stock market blog and thousands of professional stock portfolios.[15][16] The website was named among Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2007, and sold to TheStreet.com the same year for $10 million.[17][18][19]
Investments [edit]
Currently, he serves as Managing Director of Formula Capital.[20] He was a seed investor in Buddy Media, which later sold to Salesforce.com for $745 million.[1][21] Altucher also has investments in bit.ly[4], Ticketfly, CTera, Acebucks, Cancer Genetics, Optimal (where he is a board member)[22], and several other companies.[23] Altucher has previously held positions in companies such as 212 Ventures[8] and Corporate Resource Services Inc, as well as Stockpickr LLC and Vaultus Mobile, both of which which he founded.[7][8]
Media [edit]
He was a weekly columnist from 2004-2009 for The Financial Times,[24] and wrote articles for The Street.com,[25] Seeking Alpha,[26] and Daily Finance.[27] He frequently appears on CNBC,[28] and has written several books on investing. Altucher is a frequent guest contributor to The Daily Ticker feature on Yahoo! Finance & TechCrunch.
Author [edit]
Altucher has written 11 books, both self and big six published.[29] Altucher's 2011 book, I Was Blind But Now I See, reached No. 1 in Amazon.com's motivational books section for 2011.[1] Altucher's writing appears in such publications as the Financial Times[7], Wall Street Journal, TheStreet.com, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch, ThoughtCatalog, and Fidelity.com[30].[8] He has appeared on CNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Bloomberg TV, and CNN Radio.[8][31]
Altucher launched his blog, Altucher Confidential, in October 2010. In the first year, the blog had over 5 million page views.[32]
Publications [edit]
- I Was Blind But Now I See. CreateSpace. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4663-4795-3.
- How To Be The Luckiest Person Alive!. CreateSpace. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4611-2070-4.
- Trade Like a Hedge Fund. John Wiley and Sons. 2004. ISBN 978-0-471-48485-1.
- Trade like Warren Buffett. John Wiley and Sons. 2005. ISBN 978-0-471-65584-8.
- SuperCash. John Wiley and Sons. 2006. ISBN 978-0-471-74599-0.
- The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks That You Can Hold for the Long Run. Penguin Group. 2008. ISBN 978-1-59184-211-8.
- The Wall Street Journal Guide to Investing in the Apocalypse: Make Money by Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Peril. HarperCollins. 2011. ISBN 978-0-06-200132-0.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Farzad, Roben. "James Altucher, Wall Street's Keeper of the Pain". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ a b c Campbell, Colin. "In conversation: James Altucher". Macleans.
- ^ a b Warner, Andrew. "Fail Series: “I was losing $1 million every week” – with James Altucher". Mixergy.
- ^ a b c d "Q&A With James Altucher". Kirk Report.
- ^ a b "How To Reinvent Yourself With James Altucher". Blogcast FM.
- ^ Kaufman, Sarah. "Some say bypassing a higher education is smarter than paying for a degree". Washington Post.
- ^ a b c "James Altucher". The Street.
- ^ a b c d e "James Altucher". Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ a b Altucher, James. "The Wu-Tang Clan, Hitler, and surviving your first year of being an entrepreneur". James Altucher.
- ^ Altucher, James (24 December 2011). "Secrets Of The Accidental Entrepreneur". TechCrunch. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Altucher, James (2011-06-08). 140Love - The Ultimate Twitter Dating Service from beginning to END. Forbes. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Why James Altucher Says You Should Quit Your Job". Level One Network.
- ^ Dealbook. "Before Stockpickr.com, a Hedge Fund Deal Not Done". New York Times.
- ^ Lazerow, Michael. "Why Weirdos Outperform Normals". LinkedIn.
- ^ Barnako, Frank. "Stockpickr.com: trading meets social networking". MarketWatch.
- ^ Elmblad, Shelley. "Stockpickr: Something Different for Free Online Stock Picks". About.com.
- ^ Murray Buechner, Maryanne. "50 Best Websites 2007: Stockpickr". Time.
- ^ VENEZIANI, Vince. "Stockpickr in deal with The Street: More to Come?". TechCrunch.
- ^ Marshall, Matt. "Roundup: Scribd hype, Stockpickr, Red Herring, Cozmo and lots more". Venture Beat.
- ^ "James Altucher". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Gonsalves, Antone. "Why Buddy Media Is So Important to Salesforce". Read Write Web.
- ^ Ha, Anthony. series-b/ "Optimal Raises $7M For Social Media Ads And Analytics". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ Kumparak, Greg. "Acebucks Gets $1.5 Million For Virtual Facebook Currency". TechCrunch.
- ^ FT.com - James Altucher
- ^ James Altucher biographical information on thestreet.com
- ^ James Altucher - Seeking Alpha Profile
- ^ James Altucher - Daily Finance
- ^ James Altucher - Search Results on CNBC.com
- ^ Altucher/e/B001IOBN80 "Amazon.com: James Altucher". Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "James Altucher". Thought Catalog. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ "Formula Capital's Altucher Interview". Bloomberg TV.
- ^ Altucher, James. "My One Year Blogiversary – What I’ve Learned". James Altucher.
External references [edit]
- Op-Ed of James Altucher at controlledgreed.com
- James Altucher's personal blog
- James Altucher's articles at Techcrunch
- James Altucher's articles at The Huffington Post
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