Jimmy Soni is the author of THE FOUNDERS, The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley. He is also the co-author of the recently released book, A MIND AT PLAY: How Claude Shannon Invented theInformation Age.

He previously served as Editorial advisor for The New York Observer and as the Managing Editor of The Huffington Post.

Jimmy is also the co-author of the first-ever modern biography of the ancient Roman Senator Cato (St. Martin’s-MacMillan, 2012).

As a Mitchell Scholar, he studied Politics at University College Cork.

Jimmy obtained his undergraduate degree from Duke University.