Tarek Mansour
Tarek Mansour is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kalshi, one of the first U.S.-based real-money prediction markets. Prior to starting Kalshi with fellow MIT graduate Luana Lopes Lara, he was a Trader for Citadel, Software Engineer at Palantir Technologies, and interned at Goldman Sachs. In addition to being an entrepreneur, Tarek has also done work as a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a quantitative trader for various institutions.
Tarek Mansour Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
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Theory of Deep Learning Researcher
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Quantitative Trader
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Senior Consultant
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Equity Derivatives Analyst
Academic History
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B.Sc., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mathematics
Kalshi is the first CFTC-regulated exchange dedicated to trading on the outcome of future events.
From inflation, to fed rates, to unemployment, to the government shutdown, Kalshi allows people to trade on a broad range of topics.
The firm has developed a new asset class, event contracts, where you can buy "Yes" or "No" positions with respect to whether an event will happen or not.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Consultant, MIT Consulting Group
President, MIT Arab Students Organizations
RECOGNITIONS
2022 Forbes 30 Under 30: The Standouts/Finance
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Tarek has been featured or quoted in various financial media outlets and publications, including Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Bloomberg, and Institutional Investor.
He has also been featured in CoinDesk, The Block, and Real Vision.