American Internet entrepreneur, podcaster, author, and angel investor Jason McCabe Calacanis was born on November 28, 1970. His first business existed during the New York dot-com boom. In addition to co-hosting the podcasts All-In and This Week in Businesses, Calacanis invests as an angel in a number of technology startups.
Jason Calacanis Biography and Net Worth
| Net Worth | $100M |
| Birth Date | 28th November 1970 |
| Age | 51 |
| Profession | Entrepreneur Television producer |
| Spouse | Jade Li |
Jason Calacanis Early Life
Calacanis was born to Greek and Irish parents in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He has two brothers. In 1988, he earned his high school diploma from Xaverian. After that, he went to Fordham University and graduated with a B.A. in psychology.
Jason Calacanis Career
In the 1990s, Calacanis started his career as a reporter in New York, where he covered the internet industry. On September 24, 2003, Calacanis and Brian Alvey co-founded the blog network Weblogs, Inc., which received an angel investment from Mark Cuban. Weblogs, Inc.’s blogs company was producing $1,000 per day simply from AdSense two years after its founding. [6] In October 2005, Time Warner’s America Online agreed to acquire Weblogs, Inc. for $25-30 million.
Calacanis left his roles as CEO of Weblogs, Inc. and general manager of Netscape, according to a TechCrunch story dated November 16, 2006. On his blog and the Gillmor Gang podcast, Calacanis later provided confirmation of this.
After growing tired of being overweight, Calacanis launched an internet craze he named “fatblogging” in 2007. The practice of “fatblogging” refers to weight loss through exercise followed by the reporting of one’s weight on a blog with the purpose of receiving encouragement and support from readers and other fatbloggers.
- Angel Investing
Calacanis established the Open Angel Forum in 2009, an event that brings together early-stage businesses and angel investors. Calacanis argues that companies should not have to pay fees to pitch angel investors, citing expenses ranging from $1,000 to $8,000 for a single 10- to 15-minute presentation. Calacanis has invested in Robinhood, Wealthfront, Uber, Desktop Metal, Datastax, Thumbtack, Superhuman, and Trello as an angel investor.
In 2017, HarperCollins published a book about angel investing by Calacanis titled “Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000.” Calacanis made a $1 billion investment in the meditation app Calm in 2018.
Jason Calacanis Personal Life
Between 2006 and 2009, Calacanis married Jade Li. They have 3 children together. They are a happily married couple.
Jason Calacanis Net Worth
Jason Calacanis is a $100 million dollar net-worth American entrepreneur, angel investor, and author. Jason Calacanis, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1970, studied psychology at Fordham University.
Jason Calacanis Height and Weight
| Height | 5’4” |
| Weight | 70Kg |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Grey |
