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Hammerbacher and his wife Halle invested in [[Bitcoin|Bitcoin]] back in 2013. Few years later in 2017 they discovered the investment of $800 yielded them $17000. The couple donated the investment to a cancer hospital in [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/12/14/this-couple-invested-in-bitcoin-at-800-now-its-17000-and-theyre-donating-everything-to-a-cancer-hospital/|title=Couple Who Invested in Bitcoin at $800 Donate Everything to Cancer Hospital|work=Fortune|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/halle-tecco-jeff-hammerbacher-donate-bitcoin-gains-to-charity.html|title=This power couple bought bitcoin in 2013, and just donated all their gains to a cancer hospital|last=Farr|first=Christina|date=2017-12-12|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref>
Hammerbacher and his wife Halle invested in [[Bitcoin|Bitcoin]] back in 2013. Few years later in 2017 they discovered the investment of $800 yielded them $17000. The couple donated the investment to a cancer hospital in [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/12/14/this-couple-invested-in-bitcoin-at-800-now-its-17000-and-theyre-donating-everything-to-a-cancer-hospital/|title=Couple Who Invested in Bitcoin at $800 Donate Everything to Cancer Hospital|work=Fortune|access-date=2018-06-07|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/halle-tecco-jeff-hammerbacher-donate-bitcoin-gains-to-charity.html|title=This power couple bought bitcoin in 2013, and just donated all their gains to a cancer hospital|last=Farr|first=Christina|date=2017-12-12|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-06-07}}</ref>


Hammerbacher has been featured for his work in [[Forbes]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = #2 Jeff Hammerbacher, Chief Scientist, Cloudera and DJ Patil, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Greylock Ventures - In Photos: Tim O’Reilly: The World’s 7 Most Powerful Data Scientists|url = https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmm45emkh/2-jeff-hammerbacher-chief-scientist-cloudera-and-dj-patil-entrepreneur-in-residence-greylock-ventures|website = Forbes|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> [[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] , [[MIT Technology Review]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Innovator Under 35: Jeff Hammerbacher, 28|url = http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=1111|website = MIT Technology Review|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> [[Harvard Business Review]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century|url = https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/|website = Harvard Business Review|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> [[The New York Times|NY Times]],<ref name=":2" /> [[Bloomberg Businessweek|Bloomberg BusinessWeek]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/ss/10/04/0419_best_young_tech_entrepreneurs/7.htm|title = Best Tech Young Entrepreneurs 2010|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = This Tech Bubble Is Different|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/11_17/b4225060960537.htm|website = BloombergView|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Cloudera's Jeff Hammerbacher on the ugly underbelly of Silicon Valley's startup culture|url = https://pando.com/2015/03/27/clouderas-jeff-hammerbacher-on-the-ugly-underbelly-of-silicon-valleys-startup-culture/|website = Pando|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref>
Hammerbacher has been featured for his work in [[Forbes]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = #2 Jeff Hammerbacher, Chief Scientist, Cloudera and DJ Patil, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Greylock Ventures - In Photos: Tim O’Reilly: The World’s 7 Most Powerful Data Scientists|url = https://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmm45emkh/2-jeff-hammerbacher-chief-scientist-cloudera-and-dj-patil-entrepreneur-in-residence-greylock-ventures|website = Forbes|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> [[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]], [[MIT Technology Review]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Innovator Under 35: Jeff Hammerbacher, 28|url = http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=1111|website = MIT Technology Review|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> [[Harvard Business Review]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century|url = https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/|website = Harvard Business Review|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> [[The New York Times|NY Times]],<ref name=":2" /> [[Bloomberg Businessweek|Bloomberg BusinessWeek]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/ss/10/04/0419_best_young_tech_entrepreneurs/7.htm|title = Best Tech Young Entrepreneurs 2010|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = This Tech Bubble Is Different|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/11_17/b4225060960537.htm|website = BloombergView|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Cloudera's Jeff Hammerbacher on the ugly underbelly of Silicon Valley's startup culture|url = https://pando.com/2015/03/27/clouderas-jeff-hammerbacher-on-the-ugly-underbelly-of-silicon-valleys-startup-culture/|website = Pando|accessdate = 2016-01-04}}</ref>


He has been quoted saying, "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-04-14/this-tech-bubble-is-different|title=This Tech Bubble Is Different|last=Vance|first=Ashlee|date=2011-04-14|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> about product and engineering talents being employed in masses by companies such as Google and Facebook to work on advertising-related algorithms.
He has been quoted saying, "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-04-14/this-tech-bubble-is-different|title=This Tech Bubble Is Different|last=Vance|first=Ashlee|date=2011-04-14|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> about product and engineering talents being employed in masses by companies such as Google and Facebook to work on advertising-related algorithms.

Revision as of 19:59, 5 January 2020

Jeff Hammerbacher is a data scientist as well as formerly chief scientist and cofounder at Cloudera.[1][2] In addition he was formerly on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.[3][4]

Career

Prior to co-founding Cloudera, Jeff led the data team at Facebook. Jeff Hammerbacher was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Accel Partners immediately prior to joining Cloudera. Jeff worked as a quantitative analyst on Wall Street. He earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Harvard University.[citation needed]

Hammerbacher and his wife Halle invested in Bitcoin back in 2013. Few years later in 2017 they discovered the investment of $800 yielded them $17000. The couple donated the investment to a cancer hospital in South Carolina.[5] [6]

Hammerbacher has been featured for his work in Forbes,[7] Fast Company, MIT Technology Review,[8] Harvard Business Review,[9] NY Times,[3] Bloomberg BusinessWeek[10][11] and others.[12]

He has been quoted saying, "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”[13] about product and engineering talents being employed in masses by companies such as Google and Facebook to work on advertising-related algorithms.

References

  1. ^ "Why Data God Jeffrey Hammerbacher Left Facebook To Found Cloudera". Fast Company. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. ^ "Management Team". Cloudera. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  3. ^ a b Lohr, Steve (2015-03-07). "On the Case at Mount Sinai, It's Dr. Data". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  4. ^ "Jeff Hammerbacher - The Mount Sinai Hospital". The Mount Sinai Hospital. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  5. ^ "Couple Who Invested in Bitcoin at $800 Donate Everything to Cancer Hospital". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  6. ^ Farr, Christina (2017-12-12). "This power couple bought bitcoin in 2013, and just donated all their gains to a cancer hospital". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  7. ^ "#2 Jeff Hammerbacher, Chief Scientist, Cloudera and DJ Patil, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Greylock Ventures - In Photos: Tim O'Reilly: The World's 7 Most Powerful Data Scientists". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  8. ^ "Innovator Under 35: Jeff Hammerbacher, 28". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  9. ^ "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  10. ^ "Best Tech Young Entrepreneurs 2010".
  11. ^ "This Tech Bubble Is Different". BloombergView. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  12. ^ "Cloudera's Jeff Hammerbacher on the ugly underbelly of Silicon Valley's startup culture". Pando. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  13. ^ Vance, Ashlee (2011-04-14). "This Tech Bubble Is Different". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-08-29.


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