| 词条 | John Fawcett (entrepreneur) |
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Early life and educationFawcett was born in 1977 to Ann Fawcett (née Fuller), a nurse, and John H. Fawcett, Sr., a carpenter, business owner, and math teacher. He grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the Pawtucketville neighborhood, with his parents and elder brother, Todd Fawcett. Fawcett and his brother worked at the family business, John H. Fawcett & Sons, until graduating from college.[4] He attended the Ste. Jeanne d'Arc School through the 8th grade,[5] before graduating high school at Phillips Academy. He graduated cum laude with an AB in Materials Science at Harvard University in 1999,[2] and married Caitlin Jones Madera in 2001.[4] CareerAfter college he was a programmer for Scient, on a video coding project, and an analyst and programmer for 033 Asset Management, a hedge fund. In 2002 he co-founded Tamale Software, which developed software for fundamental stock analysis. Advent Software acquired Tamale for $70 million in 2008. He founded Quantopian in August 2011. It aims to create a crowd-sourced hedge fund using a two-sided market for freelance quantitative analysts (algorithm developers) and investors (algorithm users).[2] {{Asof|2015}}, Quantopian has raised about $24 million in investments from Spark Capital, Global Electronic Trading Company, Khosla Ventures, Wicklow Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others.[9][10] PublicationsWriting for Wired magazine, Fawcett posits that Quantopian can also be used as a MOOC-like platform for higher education.[11] References1. ^1 {{Cite web| title = Hacking Your Education: The Next Generation of Students| first = John | last = Fawcett | work = WIRED magazine| date = 2013-06-14| accessdate = 2015-03-23| url = http://insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/hacking-your-education-the-next-generation-of-students?xg_source=activity#axzz3VEoQZcYC| quote = ...Quantopian can be another resource for smart people interested in quantitative finance, that aren't necessarily taking the traditional quant path of earning a PhD...}} [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web| title = Quantopian Wants To Turn Stock Trading Algorithmic| last = Cohan | first = Peter| work = Forbes| date = 1 July 2013| accessdate = 2015-03-23| url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/07/01/quantopian-wants-to-turn-stock-trading-algorithmic/| quote = }} 3. ^1 {{Cite web| title = Quantopian Raises $6.7 Million to Help Traders Make Algorithms| last = Alden | first = William| work = The New York Times : DealBook| date = 2013-10-02| accessdate = 2015-03-21| url = https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/morning-agenda-wells-fargo-braces-for-suit-on-foreclosures/| quote = Quantopian ... announced on Wednesday that it had raised a financing round from Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital.}} 4. ^1 {{Cite web| title = Quantopian | author = | work = Crunchbase| date = | accessdate = 2015-03-21| url = https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quantopian| language = | quote = $15M / Series B - Oct 16, 2014 - Investors: Wicklow Capital Spark Capital Khosla Ventures Bessemer Venture Partners}} 5. ^1 {{Cite web| title = This firm is trying to engage, and hire, quants| first = Paul | last = Clarke | work = eFinancialCareers| date = 2013-04-16| accessdate = 2015-03-23| url = http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/138933/this-firm-is-trying-to-engage-and-hire-quants/| quote = John Fawcett, 35, ...}} 6. ^1 {{Cite web| title = Alumni News| author =| work = Ste. Jeanne d'Arc School| date = | accessdate = 2015-03-23| url =http://www.sjdarc.org/Page/ALUMNI/Alumni-News| quote = John Fawcett `91 – John is CEO and founder of his second company, Quantopian.}} 7. ^1 2 {{Cite web| title = New York Times, Wedding Announcements| author =| work = New York Times| date = 2001-08-05| accessdate = 2015-03-23| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/05/style/weddings-caitlin-madera-john-fawcett-jr.html| quote = His father... is an owner of John H. Fawcett & Sons, cabinetmakers in Lowell.}} }} External links
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