# Vinesh Jha

> Vinesh Jha is the founder and CEO of ExtractAlpha, an independent alternative-data research firm that turns messy datasets into tradable signals for hedge funds and institutional investors. A pure-mathematician-turned-quant, he cut his teeth ranking Wall Street analysts at StarMine, built systematic strategies at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and PDT Partners, then went out on his own in 2013. After ExtractAlpha merged with the crowdsourced-estimates platform Estimize in 2021, he runs both, leading a team spread across Hong Kong, the US, Europe, and Canada with a near-religious insistence on rigorous, point-in-time testing over a good story.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at ExtractAlpha (and CEO of Estimize)
- **Organizations:** ExtractAlpha, Estimize, PDT Partners, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, StarMine
- **Education:** Undergraduate degree in Mathematics, University of Chicago, Graduate degree in Mathematics, University of Cambridge
- **Known for:** Founded and kept ExtractAlpha independent for over a decade - rare among alt-data firms from the 2013 era, Built factor models at StarMine that let institutional investors identify genuinely skilled sell-side analysts, Developed industry-leading metrics of sell-side analyst performance

## Career timeline

- **1999-2005** — Director of Quantitative Research at StarMine, San Francisco - built sell-side analyst performance metrics and commercial alpha signals
- **2005-2010s** — Developed systematic trading strategies on proprietary trading desks at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, New York
- **late 2000s-early 2010s** — Executive Director at PDT Partners, the quant prop trading spinoff of Morgan Stanley
- **2013** — Founded ExtractAlpha in Hong Kong to bring analytical rigor to alternative datasets for capital markets
- **2021** — Led ExtractAlpha's merger with Estimize; became CEO of both entities

## Achievements

- Founded and kept ExtractAlpha independent for over a decade - rare among alt-data firms from the 2013 era
- Built factor models at StarMine that let institutional investors identify genuinely skilled sell-side analysts
- Developed industry-leading metrics of sell-side analyst performance
- Led the 2021 ExtractAlpha-Estimize merger, uniting crowdsourced estimates with quant signal research
- Built and ships roughly 16 datasets used by hedge funds and financial institutions globally
- Created the TrueBeats EPS and revenue surprise forecasting product

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Published 'Differentiation Is Harder and More Necessary than Ever' on the ExtractAlpha blog, on standing out in a crowded alt-data market
- **2025-09** — Featured in ExtractAlpha's 'Spotlight on Vinesh Jha: A Quant's Journey to Building Lasting Signals'

## Links

- Website: https://extractalpha.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinesh-jha/
- Twitter/X: http://twitter.com/estimize
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hO-i9lKDtQ
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Estimize

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