More About Jacob
Jacob Bergquist is an associate on the a16z Perennial team focused on quantitative research.
Jacob specializes in quantitative research, focusing on portfolio selection, construction, and optimization. He applies his quantitative knowledge broadly across the firm, working with individual clients on bespoke option strategies to selecting and designing new strategies for the Diversifying Investments fund. Prior to a16z, Jacob worked at Goldman Sachs as a research intern on their CoreAI team, performing fundamental research into the application of AI to problems in quantitative finance. Before Goldman Sachs, Jacob interned at the Bioproduction Group, developing computer models of biopharmaceutical production processes for the purposes of cycle time analysis, debottlenecking, and scheduling.
Jacob earned a BA in math and operations research with high honors from the University of California, Berkeley and earned his PhD in operations research with a specialization in data science from Columbia University.