https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=98.42.62.141Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]2026-08-07T20:03:04ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anil_Kamath&diff=125943Anil Kamath2021-02-13T22:59:49Z<p>98.42.62.141: </p>
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| name = Anil Kamath<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|12|29}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]]<br />
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| nationality = American<br />
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| occupation = Web and technology entrepreneur<br />
| known_for = Efficient Frontier (company)<br />
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|IIT Bombay]], [[Stanford]] University<br />
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'''Anil Kamath''' is a web and technology [[entrepreneur]]. He is the founder of eBoodle.com and of Efficient Frontier. Kamath holds the patent on use of [[modern portfolio theory]] to the field of [[online advertising]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US7870017 |title=Method and apparatus for position bidding}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life and education==<br />
Originally from [[Bombay]], [[India]], Kamath has a [[PhD]] in [[Computer Science]] from [[Stanford]] University and a [[Bachelor of Technology#India|Bachelor of Technology]] in Computer Science from [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|IIT Bombay]]. He completed his schooling from St. Pauls High School Dadar, Bombay and his junior college education from [[D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce|D.G. Ruparel College]], Bombay.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Kamath worked at [[Bell Labs]] and did his PhD in the area of [[Mathematical optimization]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theory.stanford.edu/people/kamath/publications.html |title=Publications of Anil Kamath}}</ref> Kamath used his PhD work in the area of optimization to build quantitative models for program trading at the hedge fund of [[D. E. Shaw & Co]]. Kamath later started Efficient Frontier (company) and applied the same portfolio optimization techniques to the area of online advertising.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-anil-kamath.shtml|title=Anil Kamath talks about Portfolio Based Bid Management}}</ref> Kamath headed the algorithms and optimization work at Efficient Frontier until its acquisition by [[Adobe Systems]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skoolboyz.in/2011/12/adobe-to-acquire-efficient-frontier.html |title=Adobe to Acquire Efficient Frontier, Leading Digital Ad Buying and Optimization Platform |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201014444/http://www.skoolboyz.in/2011/12/adobe-to-acquire-efficient-frontier.html |archivedate=2012-02-01 }}</ref> At Adobe, Anil Kamath runs the data science and machine learning group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/adobe-and-ibm-are-rolling-out-more-artificial-intelligence-tools-for-brands/|title=Adobe and IBM are Rolling Out More Artificial Intelligence Tools for Brands}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://martechtoday.com/adobe-launches-super-cloud-manage-customer-experience-196444 |title=Adobe launches a super-cloud to manage customer experience}}</ref> and is responsible for Adobe's data science collaborations with universities and Adobe's digital marketing research awards program<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2016/02/10/adobe-offers-new-round-of-grants-for-data-science-research/ |title=Adobe Offers New Round of Grants For Data Science Research}}</ref> <br />
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Before Efficient Frontier, Kamath founded eBoodle.com,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/pressrelease8.html |title=Eboodle and Google team up to deliver powerful online shopping assistant }}</ref> an ecommerce company providing comparison shopping and digital wallet services, that was acquired by [[Bizrate]] ([[Shopzilla]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BizRate.com+to+Acquire+eBoodle.com+and+Offer+A+Powerful+Online...-a061711885 |title=Bizrate.com to acquire Eboodle.com }}</ref> At [[Bizrate]], Kamath developed a [[contextual advertising]] product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents/US20050060162 |title=Systems and methods for automatic identification and hyperlinking}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.efrontier.com/ Efficient Frontier]<br />
* [https://www.adobe.com/ Adobe]<br />
* [http://www.shopzilla.com/ Shopzilla]<br />
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