# David Soloff

> David Lawrence Soloff is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and original CEO of Premise, which combines smartphone observations with data analysis to measure economic activity. Previously the founding CEO of Metamarkets, he later co-founded OTT Risk. His background spans ancient history, languages, quantitative finance and software businesses.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Premise; original CEO (historical executive role)
- **Organizations:** Premise, Metamarkets, OTT Risk, Bowery Capital, Columbia University Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering, Rapt
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree in Near Eastern languages and cultures, Columbia University, Graduate degree; studied social, economic and linguistic history of the Greek and Roman world as a Javits and Pritchett Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
- **Known for:** Co-founded Premise and served as its original chief executive., Co-founded Metamarkets and served as its founding CEO; the business was later acquired by Snap., Served on the advisory board of Columbia University’s Institute for Data Sciences.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2009** — Worked in quantitative finance and at advertising technology company Rapt.
- **2009** — Co-founded Metamarkets; served as its founding CEO.
- **2012** — Co-founded Premise with Joe Reisinger.
- **2013** — Premise publicly launched in October.
- **2018** — Maury Blackman succeeded Soloff as Premise CEO in February; Soloff remained chairman at the time.
- **2020** — Founded OTT Risk, later publicly presented with co-founder Chamath Palihapitiya.
- **2022** — OTT Risk joined Lloyd’s Lab cohort 9 and developed a digital-economy revenue-protection product.
- **2024** — OTT Risk’s cessation of operations was reported in September.
- **2026** — OTT Risk UK Limited was dissolved on January 13.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Premise and served as its original chief executive.
- Co-founded Metamarkets and served as its founding CEO; the business was later acquired by Snap.
- Served on the advisory board of Columbia University’s Institute for Data Sciences.
- Co-founded OTT Risk, which participated in Lloyd’s Lab cohort 9 in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — OTT Risk UK Limited, where Soloff was appointed a director in 2021, was dissolved on January 13, 2026.
- **2024-09** — The Insurer reported that OTT Risk had ceased operations.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsoloff/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/davidsoloff

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Last updated: 2026-10-26