Buzzy Cohen
Buzzy Cohen
Austin David "Buzzy" Cohen is a music industry executive and entrepreneur from Los Angeles, California. He is well known for his wins on Jeopardy!. Cohen is known as the Founder of The Teenage Diplomat. [6] [5] [1] [7]
Education
Buzzy Cohen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Columbia University. [1]
Game Show Career
Cohen won $164,603 over nine Jeopardy!
games from April and May 2016.
Many of his victories were lopsided contests that were decided before the Final Jeopardy!
round, which allowed Cohen to wager nothing and use his final response to make sarcastic remarks toward Alex Trebek, a humorous style that earned him both praise and disdain from Jeopardy! fans. He later returned for the 2017 Tournament of Champions, which he won, collecting the grand prize of $250,000. Cohen appeared again in the 2019 Jeopardy! All-Star Games relay tournament. [6] [5] [4] [2]
In 2019, Cohen teamed up with Audible to create an Audible Original series in which Cohen would share with listeners his sometimes unconventional, yet proven strategies to train for success, no matter what the field of study. Cohen is self-developing the Audible Original which will be exclusively released on the platform in 2020.[14]
While clearly mentally fit, Cohen’s success on the show inspired him to also get physically fit.
He competed at the Amateur Athletic Union National Power Competition, and was named the Raw Open Division champion.[14]
Personal Life
Buzzy married Elisha Cohen in 2011, and they live on the Westside of Los Angeles, California with their daughter.[15]