Vladimir Novakovski

Vladimir Novakovski has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Vladimir is currently the Founder and CEO of Lighter since June 2022. Before that, they co-founded Lunchclub in 2017 and served as its CEO. In 2014, Vladimir worked as an Investor and Advisor for various companies. From January 2014 to October 2015, they held the position of VP Engineering at Addepar, where they were responsible for building engineering teams and improving the platform. Prior to that, Vladimir worked as the Head of Machine Learning at Quora from September 2012 to January 2014, leading a team that significantly improved core metrics. Vladimir also gained experience as a Portfolio Manager and Director at Graham Capital Management, L.P. from 2005 to 2012 and as an Associate in Quantitative Research at Citadel Investment Group in 2004. Vladimir started their career as a Research Associate at Harvard Business School in 2003 and as a Financial Engineering Intern in Fannie Mae's Portfolio Analytics Group in 2002.

Vladimir Novakovski received their Bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard University, completing their studies between 2001 and 2004.