Zhivko Ganev (Bulgarian: Живко Ганев) is a Bulgaria-based entrepreneur, trader and investor. As a school student he represented Bulgaria at the International Olympiad in Informatics 2001, winning a gold medal (18th place, 407/600), and Bulgarian press reported him among the team's top medalists. He attended Yale University (Pierson College, class of 2007). His LinkedIn profile lists an Analyst - Intern role at Clarium Capital Management in 2006, a global-macro hedge fund founded by Peter Thiel, and since 2007 a self-employed role as Trader/Entrepreneur/Investor in Sofia, describing his primary focus as managing an algorithmic trading business alongside interest in technology start-ups and long-term value investing.
- Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. Identity is supported (IOI 2001 Bulgarian gold medalist; Yale Pierson class of 2007; Bulgaria-based). The only employment evidence is index-only: an 'Analyst - Intern' at Clarium Capital Management (2006), reported solely via the local LinkedIn index with no independent primary-source confirmation of the role or dates. Clarium was a discretionary global-macro hedge fund (founded by Peter Thiel) - it qualifies as a hedge fund but is not a systematic/quantitative manager, so the role is hedge-fund rather than quant-trading. The self-employed 'algorithmic trading business' since 2007 is self-reported on the same index and refers to no named firm. With the finance role unconfirmed and no confirmable quantitative-trading employer, the verification is UNRESOLVED rather than CONFIRMED.Jun 2006
- Since 2007 self-employed in Sofia as 'Trader/Entrepreneur/Investor', describing his primary focus as managing an algorithmic trading business; this is a self-reported solo operation with no verifiable legal entity, AUM, or third-party source, so it evidences algorithmic-trading activity but cannot be attributed to a named fund or firm.Jan 1, 2007
- The only finance employment on record is 'Analyst - Intern' at Clarium Capital Management (2006) per the local LinkedIn index; Clarium was a discretionary global-macro investment management/hedge fund (not a systematic/quant fund), so even taken at face value it is a hedge-fund internship rather than a quantitative-trading role.Jun 2006
- Index lists a 'Trader/Entrepreneur/Investor' role at Clarium Capital Management in 2006 (June-Sep per caller lead); index-only, not independently confirmed.Jun 2006
- Won a gold medal for Bulgaria at IOI 2001 (rank 18, score 407/600), his only recorded international contest appearance; independent confirmation of the identity as a top Bulgarian competitive programmer.Jul 21, 2001
- Bulgarian news (Dnevnik) reported on 22 Jul 2001 that the Bulgarian team finished third in the world and that the team's highest distinctions went to Velin Tsanov and Zhivko Ganev - a contemporaneous press mention corroborating the IOI 2001 gold medal.Jul 22, 2001
Primary focus is managing my algorithmic trading business. I am also interested in technology start-ups and long term value investing.
Competition record
Bulgaria · IOI