Anthony John Goldbloom (born 21 June 1983) is the founder and former CEO of Kaggle, a data science competition platform which has used predictive modelling competitions to solve data problems for companies, such as NASA, Wikipedia,[1] Ford and Deloitte.

[citation needed] Goldbloom has been cited by Forbes Magazine as one of the 30 Under 30 in Technology,[4] profiled by Fast Company[5] as part of its 'Who's Next?'

[6] Goldbloom has been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,[7] the Independent[8] and has appeared on the Science Show Catalyst.

During high school, Goldbloom represented Australia in sailing, competing in the 2001 World Championships in Sydney in the 29er class.

He conceived of the idea behind Kaggle while working as an intern at The Economist in London, when he was asked to write an article on the emerging area of "big data".