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Jeffrey Ma

Revolutionary Business Strategist, Social Media and Sports Betting Mogul & Kingpin of the Famous MIT Blackjack Team

Jeffrey Ma
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Jeffrey Ma Biography

As a member of the infamous MIT Blackjack Team, Jeff Ma created an ingenious method for counting cards—using talent, creativity, math, and teamwork to win millions in Las Vegas. (Card-counting, by the way, is not illegal; casinos just don’t like it). Ma was the inspiration for the best-selling book Bringing Down the House and the hit movie, 21, which topped the box office in its first two weeks. He is also an accomplished entrepreneur having started four different companies including GolfSpan (sold to Demand Media), CircleLending (sold to Virgin), Citizen Sports (sold to Yahoo) and tenXer (sold to Twitter).

Beyond his work as an entrepreneur, Ma has been at the forefront of the “Moneyball” movement working with professional sports teams like the San Francisco 49ers and the Portland Trail Blazers and media powerhouses like ESPN and Major League Baseball Advanced Media, helping them to make better decisions using data and analytics. His business bestselling book, “The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big in Business” draws on his unique experiences at the table and in the sports world to create a truly accessible book about analytics.

Ma has also been a pioneer in the world of sports betting serving as ESPN first sports betting expert in 2013 and then later launching the Bet the Process podcast. Bet the Process has become one of the top sports betting podcasts and is referenced by mainstream properties like ESPN and Fox.

In addition to his work as an entrepreneur, Ma has held two executive roles, serving as VP of Data Science and Analytics at Twitter leading all central work in this area. Most recently, Ma served as Vice President of Microsoft for Startups overseeing Microsoft’s program to accelerate the success of developers, startup founders, and students around the world.

Ma continues to be fascinated by the intersection of sports betting, media, analytics and technology and continues to try and lower his handicap.

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Jeffrey Ma Speaking Topics

  • 21 and Other Numbers That Changed My Life:

    Harnessing the Power of Analytics to Improve Your Business • Drawing from his unique personal experiences, from the blackjack table to consulting professional sports teams, Ma talks about innovative metrics in a way that will make you reevaluate how your group accesses talent, finds undervalued assets, and measure the true worth of your business. By eschewing emotion and honing in on hard facts and results, Ma has helped usher in what Newsweek calls "a new age of numbers in corporate America."

  • The $100,000 Lesson:

    Business Lessons from the World of Blackjack • How one deals with losing tells a lot about the person. Losing tests our confidence, our conviction, our ability to deal with future risk and more importantly our character. The real story and real lessons of 21 come from the adversity faced on the blackjack table. Sharing the story of losing $100,000 in two hands of blackjack, Ma reveals how he recovered his confidence through teamwork, trust, creativity, and goal-setting. "The $100,000 Lesson" is about more than winning and losing: it is about learning how to fight obstacles in order to create the best team possible.

  • Ten Times Better:

    Maximize Performance through Big Data • Data, gleaned through technology, is not only supposed to help us do our jobs, but do them better. Sometimes, it can even make us ten times better than the average employee. Through the lens of his experiences in blackjack, pro sports consulting, and Hollywood, Jeffrey Ma discusses the importance of setting goals as well as tracking your progress and productivity along the way, and how gaming, analytics, and competitive tracking can lead to more useful, constructive feedback and more motivated teams and employees.

Jeffrey Ma Videos

  • What Surprised Me Most About M&A | Jeff Ma on the Cashing Out podcast
    What Surprised Me Most About M&A | Jeff Ma on the Cashing Out podcast
    In this episode of the #CashingOut podcast, Jeff Ma joins the show to talk about his experiences with M&A. Jeff shares his insights on what surprised...
  • The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big | Jeffrey Ma | Google
    The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big | Jeffrey Ma | Google
    Jeff Ma is the author of The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big In Business. As part of the notorious MIT Team depicted in Ben Mezrich's...
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Jeffrey Ma Books

  • The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big in Business
    The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big in Business

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Jeffrey Ma is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as 21 and Other Numbers That Changed My Life:, The $100,000 Lesson: and Ten Times Better:. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jeffrey Ma for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Jeffrey Ma generally travels from San Francisco, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mike Walsh, Ian Bremmer, Paul DePodesta, Josh Linkner and R "Ray" Wang. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jeffrey Ma for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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