Andy Kurtzig is the current CEO of the online expert answer website JustAnswer

JustAnswer

JustAnswer is an online expert question and answer website that connects visitors with verified experts in several categories including medical, legal, automotive, veterinary, and tech support...

. Prior to founding JustAnswer in 2003, Kurtzig was the co-founder (with his mother, Sandra Kurtzig) and CEO of eBenefits. Earlier in his career, he founded Anser Corp., which developed software for the newspaper industry.

Kurtzig graduated from the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

 with a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in business administration.

Kurtzig is also an angel investor

Angel investor

An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...

 of companies such as StubHub

Stubhub

StubHub is an online marketplace owned by eBay, which provides services for buyers and sellers of tickets for sports, concerts, theater and other live entertainment events....

 and iLike

ILike

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. He is also an active philanthropist

Philanthropist

A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...

, co-founding annual Royal Ball with his wife, Sara, to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes research. Driven by volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is the largest charitable supporter of T1D research...

.

See also

• ASK Corporation
  ASK Corporation
  ASK Group, Inc., formerly ASK Computer Systems Inc., was a producer of business and manufacturing software. It is best remembered for its Manman enterprise resource planning software and for Sandra Kurtzig, the company's dynamic founder and one of the early female pioneers in the computer industry...