About
Amir Elaguizy served as CTO at MarketZero before its 2011 acquisition by Zynga, and has held leadership roles including CEO at Cratejoy and Chief Strategy Officer at Overmoon.
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Founder/CEO at CratejoyYC S13
Intro paths
YC
Amir went through Y Combinator (Summer 2013) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Amir can intro founders to Cratejoy's investors below.
Cratejoy's investors Β· 7
Experience
- Poker SkillCofounder & CEOcurrent2021 β present
- CratejoyCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2013 β presentAustin, Texas Area
- Rumor TrueSultan of Strategycurrent2023 β presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- OvermoonHead Of Strategycurrent2020 β present
- Zynga, IncGame CTO2011 β 2012Austin, TX
- MarketZero, IncCo-Founder2006 β 2011Austin, TX
- Fifth Street SoftwareFounder2005 β 2006Dallas, TX
Skills & more
Python16Django1Perl2Subversion10Java9MySQL16C#1PHP12JavaScript13AJAX2jQuery4HTML 524
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Web DevelopmentAnalyticsXMLUser Interface DesignArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningCSSProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentGitDatabases- Data Manipulation at Scale: Systems and Algorithms β Coursera Course Certificates
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Amir Elaguizy?
- Amir Elaguizy served as CTO at MarketZero before its 2011 acquisition by Zynga, and has held leadership roles including CEO at Cratejoy and Chief Strategy Officer at Overmoon.
- Where does Amir Elaguizy work?
- Amir Elaguizy is Founder/CEO of Cratejoy.
- What companies did Amir Elaguizy found?
- Amir Elaguizy founded Cratejoy.
- Where did Amir Elaguizy go to school?
- Amir Elaguizy studied at Y Combinator; University of Iowa.
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Shared employers
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