Russell Steinberg
Founder And CEO at F0 Companies | FARMZER0
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRussell Steinberg is a serial founder and CEO based in Chicago with nine years of experience at the intersection of entrepreneurship, finance, and AgTech. He leads FARMZER0, a venture reimagining urban food systems through vertical farming in vacant downtown office spaces, and runs StarFort Financial, serving high-net-worth clients with bespoke life insurance solutions. Russell blends strategic capital markets experience from roles in private wealth and life settlements with hands-on operational leadership in controlled environment agriculture. His work demonstrates a pattern of creating value by repurposing underused assets — from financial products to vacant real estate — into revenue-generating, impact-oriented businesses. Known for pivoting across industries, he pairs deal-making instincts with a founder’s willingness to test novel business models in dense urban environments. Educated at Purdue, he brings a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to scaling ventures that sit at the nexus of sustainability and finance.
9 years of coding experience
Purdue University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (40)
algorithm10
python10
utf10
system-design10
java10
data-structures10
serverless10
nginx10
cpp10
computer-science10
luajit9
reverse-proxy9
artificial-intelligence9
load-balancing9
kong-plugin9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
DD-DDDD/BookManageDemo
Sep 2019 - Sep 2022
图书管理程序
Contributions:3 PRs, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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DD-DDDD/myScript
Feb 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 3 PRs, 65 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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