Robert Levin

Robert is an inventor, mobile & digital health expert, serial entrepreneur, and author. He is currently the CEO of Transclick, a real-time translation service with over 14 million digital client downloads. He has over 25 years of senior level Wall Street & Technology experience, and has raised $150 million for funds and technology companies.

Robert has expertise in applying innovation in machine learning (AI) to finance and other enterprise verticals, macro-economics applied to global asset allocation, alternative beta strategies, hedging portfolio risk, as well as private equity/VC in emerging technologies including cybersecurity, Blockchain and artificial intelligence.

He is an inventor, best-selling author, public speaker and holds one issued US patent. He is also a strategist in global macro, emerging markets and technology investments. He was trained at Salomon Brothers and was a top strategist for 2 hedge funds, reporting to Paul Tudor Jones at Tudor and Louis Bacon at Moore Global.

Robert is a Tech Laureate of the Tech Museum of Innovation and has won the Gold Edison Award for Innovation in mobile apps, is a member of the AlwaysOn Mobile 100 (top 100 mobile companies) and the AlwaysOn Global 250.

He is a thought leader in global innovation, and the author of the first biography of President Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton: The Inside Story, and Democratic Blueprints: National Leaders Chart America’s Future.

He was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance at the Columbia Business School teaching global investment strategy and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University. He has a Masters in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business.

Companies

• Strategic Advisor SDG Foundation (2018)
• Advisor RainTrust Plantations LLC (2018)
• President Emeritus Future Education Foundation (2017)
• Judge of the Edison Awards Edison Awards (2014)
• CEO, Emerging Star Digital, and Emerging Star Capital, LLC Emerging Star Digital (2010)
• Technology Pioneer 2008 World Economic Forum (2008)
• Member Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) (2007)
• CEO Transclick, Inc. (2006)
• Rancher Deer Park Ranch (1990)

Education

• MBA Finance NYU Stern School of Business
• 2002 Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2001 — 2002)
• Columbia University SIPA (2005 — 2006)
• Universite de Bordeaux, France
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University of California, Berkeley