Nik Bonaddio
Nik Bonaddio | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicholas Bonaddio |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of numberFire, Chief Product Officer at FanDuel |
| Website | nikbonaddio.com |
Nik Bonaddio is an American Internet entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of the sports analytics site numberFire. In 2017, he was named Chief Product Officer at FanDuel, who acquired numberFire in September 2015.[1]
Career
After graduation, Bonaddio began work at Yahoo! as a software engineer. Bonaddio founded numberFire in 2009, after a successful appearance on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Regis Philbin.[2] During the show's 10th anniversary run, Bonaddio won $100,000, which was then used to found numberFire.
Since its founding, numberFire has grown to over 600,000 subscribers and has gained recognition in the marketplace for accurate predictions, including correctly predicting winners of the Super Bowl and the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.[3]
numberFire was purchased by FanDuel in September 2015. Terms were not disclosed.[4]
After spending three years as the Chief Product Officer at FanDuel, Bonaddio left in 2020 to start BigBrain, an online gaming company.[5]
Education
Bonaddio was raised in Wexford, Pennsylvania, a suburb in the North Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and graduated from nearby North Allegheny Senior High School. During his time at North Allegheny, he was featured multiple times in local newspapers for awards received for his online design collective, Lockjaw and was active in the soccer and tennis programs.
He received a B.S. in 2004 from Carnegie Mellon University in Information Systems, followed by a M.S. in Information Systems Management in 2005.[6] During his time at Carnegie Mellon, he was a two-time All-American athlete and record holder in track and field[7] and a member of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity.[8]
Awards
A prominent member of the emerging NYC tech scene, Bonaddio has been featured in a variety of publications and conferences. In addition to routinely contributing to ESPN, he has been featured in Sports Illustrated in 2011,[9] FastCompany in 2012, and Under30CEO and Entrepreneur magazine[10] amongst others in 2013.
Other ventures
Bonaddio has also participated in high-stakes daily fantasy sports competitions. In 2022, he placed third in FanDuel's World Fantasy Baseball Championship and first in its World Fantasy Football Championship. In March 2023, he won the World Fantasy Basketball Championship, achieving multiple top finishes in FanDuel live final events.
References
- ^ "Super Bowl: DraftKings, FanDuel launch new games with $1M jackpots". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ Empson, Rip (20 September 2011). "NumberFire Raising Seed Round To Build The Last Fantasy Football Tool You'll Ever Need". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Boyd Meyers, Courtney (3 February 2011). "NumberFire predicts the Super Bowl winner". TheNextWeb. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "FanDuel Acquires Sports Analytics Company NumberFire". TechCrunch. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ "BigBrain aims to bring live mobile trivia back to glory". TechCrunch. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "numberFire: The Team". Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Carnegie Mellon University Men's Track". Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "Brother wins big on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"". Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Carroll, Will (4 August 2011). "A Game Of Risk". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Juergen, Michelle (23 May 2013). "An Analytics Platform That Has Mastered Sports Predictions". Entrepreneur Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2013.