Nikhil Patel
Founder & CEO at Milken Institute
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolNikhil Patel is a founder and CEO based in New York with a decade of experience at the intersection of quantitative finance, machine learning, and product-led startups. He founded Craniometrix (YC W22) and applies rigorous alpha-maximization and risk-management techniques to build data-driven businesses. A Yale-trained computer scientist and economist, he pairs technical breadth with traditional investment analysis and hedge fund assessment experience. He is also an active angel investor in early-stage companies like SnackMagic and Vellum, bringing operator insight to seed deals. Beyond startups and investing, he contributes to financial education through projects like the FinancialMarkets/5MinuteFinance repository originating from Duke networks. Known for blending big-data engineering with principled financial models, he thrives on turning complex quantitative ideas into practical products.
10 years of coding experience
BS Computer Science & BA Economics, BS Computer Science & BA Economics at Yale University
Github Skills (2)
shiny9
financial8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nperincherry/investments
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
financeundergraduateinvestmentssemester
nperincherry/gittutorial
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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