Robert Kowalski

Robert Kowalski is a business development professional with experience in the technology, custody, and life sciences industries. Robert is currently the CEO and Co-founder of Gyfted, a digital gifting platform. Prior to Gyfted, they served as the Head of Business Development for Aegis Custody, where they helped the company expand its institutional investor digital asset custody services. Robert has also worked as a consultant for GEn1E Lifesciences Inc., where they helped the company raise funds and enter the Y Combinator startup accelerator program. In addition to their work in the private sector, Kowalski has also served as an ambassador for the Center for Leadership (CL) and as a Strategic Business Development Manager for OpenGov Inc.

Robert Kowalski has an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where they studied entrepreneurship, general management, investing, and emerging markets. Robert also has a MA from Stanford University in international policy (political economics), and a BSc from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in economics and economic history (1st Class Dual Honours). Robert was also an exchange student at Tsinghua University as part of the Stanford Tsinghua Exchange Program.

Some direct reports include Adam Szefer - CTO & Co-Founder, Magda Zena - Data Scientist, Senior Psychometrician, and Michal Kosiński - Chief Scientist, Co-Founder & Associate Professor, Stanford GSB.