Darrell Silver
Darrell Silver
Darrell Silver was born March 12, 1981 (age 36).
He is the CEO and co-founder of Thinkful, a career training company that specializes in coding. He is an active angel investor in New York City. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York in the United States of America [1]. He is a native to New York City. He is engaged to Stephen Foley, Deputy US News Editor at the Financial Times.
Thinkful
Created in October 2012, Darrell Silver and Dan Friedman created Thinkful together.
Its goal is to give people the skills necessary to succeed in our technologically-heavy workplace, with an emphasis on coding.
Thinkful helps people of all backgrounds reach their career goals, and they guarantee a job once you are done the program.
87% of graduates have a placement rate within 180 days of graduation, with an average salary increase of $20,769.
If a student does not acquire a job within 6 months, they receive a full refund.
It uses a one-on-one mentorship system, as it is proven to be the fastest way to learn successfully.
The mentors are not only teachers, but also a connection in the software industry, a friend, and a job advisor.
Previous Career Experience
Perpetually (Smarsh Web Archiving): Darrell Silver founded Perpetually in 2009, an archiving provider for leading companies in regulated and litigious industries. He sold Perpetually in 2012 to Smarsh (Dell), and it is now known as Smarsh Web archiving.
Clinton Group: At the age of 25, in 2006, Silver was the head of algorithmic trade execution for the Clinton Group.
Jelly: Silver was the NYC organizer of Jelly from 2008 to 2012. Jelly is a production agency that works with some of the world's finest creators.
Guest Services: Silver worked as the on-mountain Fun Police at Vail Resorts from October 2003 until April 2004.
Investments
Feb 2013: Thinkful - Round: $1M/Seed - Personal Investment
Jun 2008: Frogmetrics - Round: undisclosed amount/Seed - Personal Investment
Education
Columbia University: Bachelor of Arts in art history and computer science (1999-2003)
Trinity School NYC: High School (1995-1999). Trinity School is a college preparatory school in New York City, founded in 1709.
Bank Street College of Education: Elementary School (1986-1995)
Achievements
Number 15 on alltechienews.com's list of the top 31 most important LGBT people in tech (http://www.alltechienews.com/posts/the-31-most-important-lgbt-people-in-tech).
Successfully sold first company by the age of 28
Creator of the successful company Thinkful
Family
Dr. Rae Silver's TedTalk.
His father has a PhD in physics, which Silver refers to as the computer science degree of the 1960s.
His mother, Dr. Rae Silver, a professor at Columbia University, has published many works and is a renowned member of the psychology community.
She attended McGill University, and her research focuses include sleep-wake cycles, neurobiology, mast cells, and drug anticipatory behaviour.
She has a Ted Talk about breaking through the "Women's Entrance" available on youtube, where she discusses the gender discrepancies in coding and computational skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMqWId-bGeY
External Links
Personal Website: http://darrellsilver.com/
Company Website: https://www.thinkful.com/
Vimeo Account: https://vimeo.com/darrell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrellsilver/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrellsilver?lang=en
Perpetually's Website: http://www.perpetually.com/
Columbia University: http://www.columbia.edu/
Trinity School NYC: https://www.trinityschoolnyc.org/page
Email: darrell@d llsilver.com