About Scott Wu
Born 1997. Scott Wu is a businessperson and business executive.
Scott Wu (born 10/07/1996) is an American entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Cognition AI and Lunchclub. Wu is also a competitive programmer who won three gold medals (placing first in 2014) at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) and took third place in the 2021 Google Code Jam.
Early life and education
Wu was born in 1997 in Louisiana to a Chinese immigrant family. He attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School. Growing up, he competed in competitions related to programming and mathematics, and won three gold medals (placing first in 2014) at the International Olympiad in Informatics. He also competed in Mathcounts and became individual champion in 2011.
After high school, Wu attended Harvard University for two years before dropping out. As an undergraduate at Harvard College, he was part of the team representing it in the 2016 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) which won a gold medal and came third place overall.
Career
From 2014 to 2015, Wu worked as software engineer at Addepar. Wu was listed in 2020 edition of Forbes 30 Under 30 for co-founding Lunchclub.
In 2021, Wu came third place in the 2021 Google Code Jam.
Achievements
Competitive programming A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website. International Olympiad in Informatics: 3 Gold (2012, 2013 and 2014) (First place overall in 2014) International Collegiate Programming Contest (Representing Harvard): 1 Gold (2016) (Third place overall) Google Code Jam: Third place (2021) Topcoder Open Algorithm: Third place (2017) Codeforces: Legendary Grandmaster (peak rating 3350)
Mathematics
HMMT: Champion (2014) Mathcounts (Representing Louisiana): Individual champion (2011)
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