Alexandr Wang is an American businessman. He is the youngest self-made billionaire in the world who founded his own company Scale AI at the age of 19. He is a maths and coding lover who participated in national math and coding competition since childhood.
Wiki/Biography
Alexandr Wang was born in January 1997 (age 25 years; as of 2022) in the New Mexico, United States of America. Alexandr studied at the Los Alamos High School in New Mexico, United States.
Alexandr Wang in his school days
After this, he went to
Physical Appearance
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Family
Parents & Siblings
His parents were scientists who worked as physicists on US military weapons projects. He also has a sister named Jessie.
Alexandr Wang with his sister Jessie
Career
He began his career in 2014 as a software engineer at Addepar and worked here for less than a year. After leaving this job, he joined Quora in 2014 as Tech lead and worked here until 2016. His job responsibilities included handling speed projects, goals, and initiatives as a part of the infrastructure team of Quora. In 2016, he joined Hudson River Trading as an Algorithm developer and worked here for less than a year. In June 2016, he founded his own company Scale AI with the help of Lucy Guo, his former coworker at Quora. It is an AI data platform that has raised a total amount of $602.6 Million with 7 rounds of funding by leading investors such as Accel, Tiger Global Management, Index Ventures, and others. On 3rd November 2021, his company acquired SiaSearch which was a Germany-based company that worked on Intelligent Data Solutions. Their last funding was done on 22 August 2021 from a secondary market round and as of May 2022, his company Scale AI is valued at $7.3 Billion. Over 300 companies including General Motors and Flexport use Scale AI. His company has made some major advancements that have helped lead businesses like Dominos with AI capabilities.
In case you missed @TechCrunch Mobility, so excited to finally announce the launch of Scale Mapping🗺️!
Proud of the team at @Scale_AI that has made developing custom maps scalable for customers like @Nuro. Our work is making the autonomous delivery of @dominos a reality! 🍕🤖 pic.twitter.com/tpPzgvq8Qz
— Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang) June 21, 2021
In an interview with Forbes Alexandr talked about Scale AI’s success and said,
Our goal is to help them unlock the potential of the data and supercharge their businesses with AI.’
Awards, Honours, Achievements
- In January 2012, he stood 5th in the USA Mathematical Talent Search
- In January 2014, selected among the top 20 physics students for the USA Physics Team.
- In May 2022, he became the youngest self-made billionaire with a net worth of $1 Billion.
Net Worth
Alexandr Wang has an estimated net worth of $1 Billion.
Facts/Trivia
- His company Scale AI analyzed the extent of damage caused by Russian bombs on Ukraine.
- As of 2022, his company has three contracts to help America’s Army and Air Force in employing AI. These contracts are worth $110 Million.
- In addition to English, he is also fluent in two more languages including Chinese and French.