Jacob Wright
I'm a builder and fitness enthusiast
About me:- Grew up mainly in Utah, but have lived throughout the US.
- Fitness is one of my greatest passions in life. I worked as a personal trainer for several years.
- I love math and competed in & won several state & national math competitions.
- Currently living in Lehi, Utah
- Venture Partner at Contrary Capital.
- Co-founder & CTO of Proxy (venture backed startup based in Lehi, Utah). Broke $1M annualized revenue our first year.
- Co-founder of Life Help (being implemented by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints nation-wide)
- Founder of Crypto Merch Store. Generated over $10k in monthly revenue at its peak. Discontinued after 2018 $BTC bubble burst.
2023 - Present
2022 - 2024
2020 - 2022
2017 - 2019
- Top 10% leetcode in the world.
- Participated in HF0, a 12 week residency program for technical founders with acceptance rate of < 1%.
- Computer science & math at Brigham Young University. Full-Ride Academic Scholarship.
- Software Engineer at RunPod
- Co-Founder at Proxy
- Software Engineer at GUIDEcx
- Competitive Programming Coach Assistant for BYU
- Strategy Analyst for Pathway Worldwide
- Product & Engineering Lead at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Web development teaching assistant at BYU
- Web developer for Itineris Early College High School
- Went viral for wearing Apple Vision Pro.
- Twitter, Business Insider, SF Gate, Dexerto, etc...
- Recreated the foundational quantum mechanics double slit experiment at age 15 with under $20 in materials.
- Currently hacking on ai wearables & hardware.