# Nick Baum

> Nick Baum is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Tremendous, a business payouts platform that grew out of GiftRocket. A Dartmouth computer science and mathematics graduate and former quantitative analyst, he helped shift the company toward corporate customers in 2018. Tremendous is owned by founders and employees following a 2013 buyout of its original investors.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Tremendous
- **Organizations:** Tremendous, GiftRocket, MDT Advisers
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, Dartmouth College
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Tremendous, which reports more than $3 billion in cumulative funds delivered and over 100 million payouts as checked in October 2026., Helped develop Tremendous from an earlier consumer gifting product into a platform serving more than 25,000 companies., Built the business under founder and employee ownership after buying out original investors in 2013.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Graduated from Dartmouth College.
- **2007-2010** — Worked in quantitative finance at MDT Advisers, building algorithmic trading models in Boston.
- **2010** — Co-founded GiftRocket.
- **2011** — GiftRocket participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2011 batch.
- **2013** — The founders bought out the original investors.
- **2018** — Launched Tremendous to serve business payouts.
- **2023** — Published a column on organizational resilience.
- **2025** — GiftRocket stopped accepting new orders on January 1.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Tremendous, which reports more than $3 billion in cumulative funds delivered and over 100 million payouts as checked in October 2026.
- Helped develop Tremendous from an earlier consumer gifting product into a platform serving more than 25,000 companies.
- Built the business under founder and employee ownership after buying out original investors in 2013.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Tremendous’s newsroom reported inclusion in G2’s 2026 Best Software Products list.
- **2025-12** — In the GiftRocket litigation naming Baum among the defendants, a court denied opposing summary judgment motions relating to executive Benjamin Kubic; this was not a liability finding against Baum.
- **2025-01** — GiftRocket stopped accepting new orders while announcing continued support for existing gifts.

## Links

- Website: https://www.tremendous.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasbaum

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Last updated: 2026-10-27