Zach Sims

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Zach Sims
Sims in 2012
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCo-founder of Codecademy

Zach Sims (born 1990) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Codecademy, an online platform offering interactive coding lessons and tutorials.[1][2]

Sims served as the CEO of Codecademy, overseeing the platform's growth and development into one of the leading online resources for learning to code.

Biography

When Sims was 13, he started to email manufacturers with the idea to build a waterproof iPod case.[3]

Sims later entered Columbia University with the class of 2012,[4] as a political science major.[5][6]

During his junior year, he realized that most of the students did not have the skill set relevant to their job search.

TechCrunch Disrupt in 2010.[3] However, he was frustrated with the lack of effective programming courses.[8] As a result, he decided to teach himself coding with the help of his friend Ryan Bubinski, whom he met while working for the Columbia Daily Spectator.[4] The two built the first version of Codecademy to teach Sims how to program.[7]

In 2011, Sims and Bubinski were accepted into Y Combinator's summer program. That summer, Sims launched Codecademy with Bubinski and dropped out of college, a year before graduation.[8][9] In 2011, the startup was the runner-up of TechCrunch's Best New Startup awards, losing to Pinterest.[10][11] During the first weekend of the launch, it attracted more than 200,000 users and had 1 million users by the end of 2011.[12] As of 2021, Codecademy has a user base of 45 million users.[8]

In 2013, Sims was named one of the finalists of the Time 100.[13][14] In 2015, Sims attended the World Economic Forum.[7]

Zach has been named to Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list[12]

References

  1. ^ "Zach Sims". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. ^ Sankaran, Lakshmi. "No one's too young to have an impact: Zach Sims, co-founder, Codeacademy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  3. ^ a b Zhang, Maggie. "9 Startup Lessons From The Founder Of Codecademy". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  4. ^ a b "An Online Platform for 21st Century Literacy". Columbia College. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  5. ^ Sankaran, Lakshmi. "No one's too young to have an impact: Zach Sims, co-founder, Codeacademy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  6. ^ "Columbia Daily Spectator 8 October 2013 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  7. ^ a b c "The man with 26 million students". BBC News. 2015-01-24. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  8. ^ a b c Luce, Ivan De (2021-02-05). "Codecademy founder Zach Sims is coming for your developers". www.businessofbusiness.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  9. ^ Kennedy, John (2014-07-24). "The interview: Zach Sims, co-founder, Codecademy - Careers | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  10. ^ Dickinson, Boonsri. "Meet The 21-Year-Old College Dropout Who Founded Codecademy And Wants To Turn Everybody Into A Coder". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  11. ^ "Congratulations Crunchies Winners! Dropbox Is The Best Overall Startup". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  12. ^ a b Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (2012-07-02). "30 Under 30: Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski, Codecademy". Inc.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  13. ^ "How Zach Sims Grew A Successful Business – CanadianSME". Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  14. ISSN 0040-781X
    . Retrieved 2021-08-21.
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