Tomer Kagan

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]

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

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. "Tomer Kagan". CrunchBase. TechCrunch. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. 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. Leichman, Abigail Klein (January 8, 2014). "This American success story is Israeli at heart". Israel21c. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. Gumz, Jondi (February 2, 2016). "HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. "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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