Tomer Kagan

Tomer Kagan
Born (1983-10-17) October 17, 1983[1]
Haifa, Israel[2]
Alma mater University of California, Santa Cruz
Occupation former Chief Strategy Officer of Quixey

Tomer Kagan (born October 17, 1983)[1] is an Israeli American[2] businessman and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of search startup Quixey.[3]

Early life

Kagan was born in Haifa, Israel, and moved to Sunnyvale, California with his family at age four.[4] He holds a bachelor's degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from University of California, Santa Cruz,[2] and paid his way through college by starting the T-shirt company Static Printing.[5][6] While in college, he founded and led the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.[2] After graduating, he also founded the branding company Your Logo Here.[4]

Quixey

Kagan co-founded Quixey in 2009.[6] He met his co-founder Liron Shapira, as well as many Quixey employees, through the Jewish youth organization BBYO,[4] of which he is a "longstanding member".[2] In 2011, Forbes Magazine named him one of their "30 under 30" in technology for Quixey's success.[7] According to Kagan, his aim was for Quixey to compete directly with Google in the search market.[8]

Activities

Kagan has spoken at the Mobile World Congress and World Economic Forum.[2] He is a volunteer advisor for a chapter of Aleph Zadik Aleph, the fraternity branch of BBYO.[4] Kagan is also a board member of[4] and donor to[9] the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, an artificial intelligence nonprofit, and is a supporter of effective altruism.[2] He identifies as a "futurist", and works with the National Science Foundation on emerging technologies.[10][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tomer Kagan". CrunchBase. TechCrunch. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stock, Lynn Peithman (December 12, 2014). "Silicon Valley 40 Under 40: Tomer Kagan". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Ronamai, Raymond (October 27, 2015). "Quixey's Android launcher 'Launch' available for Indian mobile phone users". International Business Times. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5
  5. ↑ Gumz, Jondi (February 2, 2016). "HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Executive Profile Tomer Kagan". Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tomer Kagan, Co-founder and CEO, Quixey, 28". Forbes. Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Butler, Steven (May 29, 2014). "App search engine Quixey wants to take on Google". USA Today. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Muehlhauser, Luke. "2012 Summer Singularity Challenge". MIRI. Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Milord, Joseph (June 11, 2013). "Meet Tomer Kagan, The Man Behind The App For Apps". Elite Daily. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  11. ↑ 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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