James Altucher

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James Altucher
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Altucher in 2018
Born (1968-01-22) January 22, 1968 (age 58)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materCornell University
Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationsAuthor, hedge fund manager
Known forEntrepreneurship, podcasting, blogging
Notable workThe Power of No (2014)
Choose Yourself (2013)
Websitejamesaltucher.com

James Altucher (born January 22, 1968) is an American hedge-fund manager, author, podcaster and entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded over 20 companies.[1][2] He has published 20 books and is a contributor to publications including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal,[3] TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post.

Early life and education

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Altucher was raised in a Jewish family in North Brunswick, New Jersey.[4][5] Altucher attended North Brunswick Township High School and graduated in 1986.[6][7][8] Altucher graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1989.[9][10]

Career

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Altucher's first job after graduating was in the IT department at HBO. At one point, Altucher hosted a web-series for HBO.com called III:am.[9]

In 1998, Altucher left HBO, sold a company he founded, Reset Inc., for approximately $15 million, and used the proceeds to fund new internet investments.[11][12] 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.[12] During this time, Jim Cramer of TheStreet.com hired him to write about stocks, and Altucher began trading for hedge funds.[9]

From 2002 to 2005, he traded for several hedge funds, and, from 2004 to 2006, ran a fund of hedge funds.[9]

In 2006, Altucher founded the financial social network, StockPickr.[13] The website was named one of Time Magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2007.[14] Altucher sold the company for $10 million in 2007.[11]

In 2017, he began advising on cryptocurrency investing,[15] despite having condemned Bitcoin in 2013 as "a fad, or a scam, or a ponzi scheme, or worse."[16] 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 why he reversed his stance on Bitcoin.[17]

Altucher was a seed investor in Buddy Media, which later sold to Salesforce.com for $745 million in 2012.[9]

Podcasts

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Ask Altucher

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This podcast was 369 episodes in total between 4/21/2014 until 10/8/2015. The podcast became “temporarily unavailable” to listen to, sometime in May 2024.

Question of the Day

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In August 2015, Altucher launched a podcast with Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, called Question of the Day, based on questions from Quora.[18] This has since finished but had a reunion in 2020.[19]

The James Altucher Show

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Altucher also hosts The James Altucher Show, which has featured Tim Ferriss, Mark Cuban, and Arianna Huffington, among others.[20] Altucher says it has more than 40 million downloads.[21]

Authorship

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The author of over 20 books, Altucher's work has appeared on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and USA Today's list of best business books of all time in 2014.[2][22]

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  • What To Do When You Are Rejected? (2018) ASIN B0795WSQ7S
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  • My Daddy Owns All of Outer Space (2016) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream (2013) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre People (2013) ASIN B00C4E1FDG
  • Faq Me (2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • 40 Alternatives to College (2012) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • How To Be The Luckiest Person Alive! (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • I Was Blind But Now I See: Time to Be Happy (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Altucher Confidential: Ideas for a World Out of Balance, a Round Table Comic (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Wall Street Journal Guide to Investing in the Apocalypse: Make Money by Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Peril (2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • The Forever Portfolio: How to Pick Stocks that You Can Hold for the Long Run (2008) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  • SuperCash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism (2006) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  • Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies and Techniques to Winning Profits (2004) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Personal life

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Altucher is a co-owner of Stand Up NY, where he also performs stand-up comedy.[23] Jerry Seinfeld said of the club, "It could use a little sprucing up."[24] He is a National Chess Master with an Elo rating of 2204 as of 2012.[25][26]

In August 2020, Altucher published a piece on LinkedIn titled "New York Is Dead Forever. Here's Why."[27] In response to Altucher's piece, Jerry Seinfeld called him "some putz", accused him of "whimpering and whining", and told him to "shut up".[24] Altucher used to write often about his second wife, Claudia Azula Altucher, on his blog.[28] The two later divorced.[citation needed]

References

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  5. ^ Williams, Alex. "Why Self-Help Guru James Altucher Only Owns 15 Things", The New York Times, August 6, 2016. Accessed February 9, 2021. "But Mr. Altucher seems like an unlikely person to look to for solace. Bookish, contrarian and given to speaking in staccato bursts, this skinny computer geek from North Brunswick, N.J., is like the anti-Anthony Robbins, the strapping self-help star."
  6. ^ "Chess tourney champs to play for state title", Asbury Park Press, April 22, 1986. Accessed January 18, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "James Altucher, of North Brunswick High School, placed first in the Southern Section of the New Jersey High School Individual Championship (Chess) Tournament held over the weekend at Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls."
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