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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Sunit ShahSoterisFounderSummer 2019FintechSan Francisco, United States4—
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Sunit Shah
Founder·Soteris
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size4
BatchSummer 2019
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
Sunit entered the insurance industry in 2005, spending six years building pricing models for life insurance. He later joined the $16B hedge fund Pine River Capital, where he spent 2 years building a $750m P&C insurance company from scratch. He is an author of both Behavioral Finance (Wiley) and the Principal-Agent Problem in Finance (CFA Research). Prior experience also includes the Boston Consulting Group and adjunct faculty positions at UVA. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from UVA in 2011.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
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COMPANY CONTEXT
SoterisWe write ML software to more accurately select & price insurance risk.
