Anthony Goldbloom

Anthony Goldbloom
Born	1983 Melbourne, Australia
Residence	San Francisco, California
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Founder and CEO of Kaggle

Goldbloom was born in Melbourne, Australia, and holds a first-class honours degree in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Melbourne. During high school, Goldbloom represented Australia in sailing, notably competing in the 2001 World Championships in Sydney in the 29er class. A trained economist, Goldbloom began his career working in the economic modeling unit of Australia's Department of Treasury and later spent time in the Research department at the Reserve Bank of Australia. He conceived of the idea behind Kaggle while working as an intern at The Economist in London, where he was asked to write an article on the emerging area of "big data".

Goldbloom lives with his wife in San Francisco, California, where Kaggle is now headquartered.

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