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About

Andrew Paradise is the CEO and Founder of Skillz (NYSE: SKLZ), the leading mobile games platform for fair and fun competition, and the first publicly-traded mobile esports platform in the world. A pioneer of the idea of skill-based competition, under Paradise’s leadership, Skillz has become an industry leader in mobile gaming.

Paradise has been the founding inventor behind companies in technology sectors ranging from eCommerce to image recognition. His passion for innovation and tech started early. At the age of seven he learned to program by hacking a video game. He began his professional career in private equity and venture capital, but in 2008 pivoted into tech when he founded his first business, Double Picture, an advertising technology firm. He sold the company to MPA, Inc. in 2010.

In 2010, Paradise founded AisleBuyer, best known for pioneering mobile self-checkout prior to its sale to Intuit in 2012.

That same year, along with his fellow AisleBuyer executive Casey Chafkin, he founded Skillz, with the mission of bringing out the best in everyone through competition. The Skillz platform helps developers build multi-million dollar franchises by enabling social competition in their games. Leveraging its patented technology, Skillz hosts billions of tournaments for millions of mobile players worldwide, and distributes millions in prizes each month.

Paradise earned his B.A. in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor’s of Commerce in Economics from the University of Auckland.

A sought-after thought leader, he has been featured in such outlets as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, Fast Company, and CNBC. In 2018, he was named to the San Francisco Business Times’ “40 Under 40 Class.” He has also spoken at preeminent conferences including SXSW, CES, and GDC.

Business, much like life, is a game. Every entrepreneur is a hero on a journey to complete their mission.

Patents

Driven by creating value for humanity, Andrew holds over 91 patents to his name.

Patent | US-9697680

Cooperative Gameplay in Peer-to-peer Wagering Platform

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Patent | US-9630097

Online Software Video Capture and 
Replay System

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Patent | US-9479602

Event Platform for Peer-to-Peer Digital Gaming Competition

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Patent | US-9349246

Integrations Portal for a Peer-to-Peer 
Game Platform

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Patent | US-8882576

Determining Game Skill Factor

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Patent | US-8715077

Dynamic Gameplay Advertisements

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Awards

CNBC Disruptor 
50 list

Top Private Titans

40 Under 40

360 CEO

Speaking

Andrew has been a keynote speaker in numerous conferences and institutions.

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