Tomer Kagan

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Tomer Kagan
Born (1983-10-17) October 17, 1983 (age 38)[citation needed]
Haifa, Israel[1]
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Occupationformer Chief Strategy Officer of Quixey

Tomer Kagan (born October 17, 1983)[citation needed] is an Israeli American[1] businessman and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of search startup Quixey.[2]

Early life[]

Kagan was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved to Sunnyvale, California with his family at age four.[3] He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from University of California, Santa Cruz,[1] and claims to have paid his way through college by starting the T-shirt company Static Printing.[4][5] While in college, he founded and led a chapter of the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.[1] After graduating, he also founded the branding company Your Logo Here.[3]

Quixey[]

Kagan co-founded Quixey in 2009.[5] He met his co-founder Liron Shapira, as well as many Quixey employees, through the Jewish youth organization BBYO,[3] of which he is a "longstanding member".[1] In 2011, Forbes Magazine named him one of their "30 under 30" in technology for Quixey's success.[6] According to Kagan, his aim was for Quixey to compete directly with Google in the search market.[7]

Activities[]

Kagan has spoken at the Mobile World Congress and World Economic Forum.[1] He is a volunteer advisor for a chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph, the fraternity branch of BBYO.[3] Kagan is also a board member of[3] and donor to[8] the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, an artificial intelligence nonprofit, and is a supporter of effective altruism.[1] He identifies as a "futurist", and works with the National Science Foundation on emerging technologies.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Stock, Lynn Peithman (December 12, 2014). "Silicon Valley 40 Under 40: Tomer Kagan". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. ^ Ronamai, Raymond (October 27, 2015). "Quixey's Android launcher 'Launch' available for Indian mobile phone users". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e Leichman, Abigail Klein (January 8, 2014). "This American success story is Israeli at heart". Israel21c. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ^ Gumz, Jondi (February 2, 2016). "HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Executive Profile Tomer Kagan". Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Tomer Kagan, Co-founder and CEO, Quixey, 28". Forbes. Forbes Magazine. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. ^ Butler, Steven (May 29, 2014). "App search engine Quixey wants to take on Google". USA Today. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  8. ^ Muehlhauser, Luke. "2012 Summer Singularity Challenge". MIRI. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. ^ Milord, Joseph (June 11, 2013). "Meet Tomer Kagan, The Man Behind The App For Apps". Elite Daily. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  10. ^ Bort, Julie (June 9, 2013). "This 29-Year-Old Nabbed $24 Million Because He Can See The Future". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 April 2016.

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