James Altucher
James Altucher
| Born | January 22, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Residence | New York,New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Carnegie Mellon University |
| Known for | Entrepreneurship,blogging |
James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, author, venture capitalist and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies. He has published 20 books, and he is a contributor to publications including The Financial Times and The Huffington Post.
| Born | January 22, 1968 |
|---|---|
| Residence | New York,New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Carnegie Mellon University |
| Known for | Entrepreneurship,blogging |
Career
Altucher graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1989.[1][2] Altucher's first job after graduating was in the IT department of HBO. At one point, Altucher hosted an HBO program, III:am.[1]
In 1998, Altucher left HBO, sold Reset Inc. for approximately $10 million, and used the proceeds to fund new internet investments.[3] Altucher has said he began this period with $15 million and lost it all in two years, which led him to re-evaluate his approach to both business and life.[3] 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, he ran a fund of hedge funds.[1]
In 2017, he moved into advising on cryptocurrency investing,[6] despite having condemned Bitcoin in 2013 as "a fad, or a scam, or a ponzi scheme, or worse."[7] However, in May, 2013, he built a store to sell his book, "Choose Yourself" for Bitcoin a month before he released it on Amazon. He was interviewed by Business Insider about this and why he reversed his stance on Bitcoin. [8]
Altucher was a seed investor in Buddy Media, which later sold to Salesforce.com for $745 million.[1]
Podcasts
Altucher launched his top-10 rated podcast "The James Altucher Show" in 2014, it has millions of listeners and has more than 40 million downloads.[33]
Investments
Altucher was a seed investor in Buddy Media, which later sold to Salesforce.com for $745 million. Altucher also has investments in Ticketfly, CTera, Acebucks, Cancer Genetics, Optimal (where he was a board member before the company was acquired), and several other companies.[22]
Author
Altucher's 2011 book, I Was Blind But Now I See, reached No. 1 in Amazon.com's motivational books section for 2011.[1]
USA Today named Choose Yourself among the 12 Best Business Books of All Time. In Choose Yourself James shares many details about his past and how he over came many great challenges to continually get back up and eventually succeed in business, life and relationships. He references multiple notable people in several chapters including a chapter about Mahatma Gandhi, titled "Ghandi Chose Himself to Free an Entire Nation", "Nine Things I Learned from Woody Allen" a chapter about Dashama Konah Gordon titled "The Curious Case of the Sexy Image", one titled "Competence and The Beatles’ Last Concert" and "What I Learned from Superman".[23]
Books
The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth.
(2015) ISBN 150100994X
The Rich Employee.
(2015) ISBN 1517088720
The Power of No. (2014) ISBN 1401945872
The Choose Yourself Stories.
(2014) ISBN 1500193410
Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream.
(2013) ISBN 1490382887
40 Alternatives to College.
(2012) ISBN 1479269387
The Altucher Confidential: Ideas for a World Out of Balance, a Round Table Comic.
(2011) ISBN 1939418070
The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks that You Can Hold for the Long Run.
(2008) ISBN 1591842115
SuperCash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism.
(2006) ISBN 0471745995
Trade Like Warren Buffett.
(2005) ISBN 0471655848
Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits.
(2004) ISBN 0471484857