Jack Abraham
| Jack Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1986 |
| Residence | San Francisco, CA |
| Alma mater | The Wharton School |
| Occupation | Managing Partner at Atomic, Executive Director at Thiel Fellowship |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Milo.com |
| Website | Atomic |
Jack Abraham is an American businessman, entrepreneur and investor who is best known for building and founding Milo, a product search engine company, acquired by eBay in 2010 for $75 million. Currently, Abraham is the managing partner of startup studio and investment fund Atomic, as well as CEO of Zenreach, a wifi marketing company.
Abraham began his career working for his father at ComScore in 1990. After working for his father, Abraham enrolled in The Wharton School in 2004, studying technical entrepreneurship. Three years later, in 2007, Abraham dropped out of Wharton to start, local product search engine company, Milo.com. The company eventually raised a total of $4.95 million in Series A funding from the likes of True Ventures, Ron Conway of SV Angel, Keith Rabois, and Kevin Hartz before getting acquired in 2010 by eBay for $75 million.
Abraham then went on to be Head of Local at eBay. During his tenure, Abraham led the creation of the news feed for the site as well as "brought a[n] entrepreneurial mindset to eBay." After leaving Milo, Abraham started Atomic, a San Francisco based startup studio in 2013. Backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen and several others, Atomic has raised $20 million and started over 6 companies.
Abraham is also an angel investor in Pinterest, Postmates, Invite Media, Ampush Media and Flatiron Health as well as an advisor to Ventures. He was named one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business" by FastCompany and has also been named to the Forbes' 30 Under 30 listing twice. Abraham is also the executive director of the Thiel Fellowship.
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