Jonathan Cornelissen
Jonathan co-founded DataCamp in 2013 alongside Dieter De Mesmaeker and Martijn Theuwissen while based in Belgium. He holds a PhD in financial econometrics from KU Leuven. Under his leadership, DataCamp grew to over 10 million learners, more than 200,000 subscribers, and $50M+ in ARR, making it one of Belgium's largest SaaS success stories in the education space.
He moved to New York City to scale the company globally. In recent years he has also become active as an angel investor, backing startups at the intersection of data and education.
Career Highlights
- Co-founded DataCamp in 2013 in Belgium, scaled to global market leadership in data science education
- Led the company to 10M+ learners and 2,500+ enterprise clients including major corporations worldwide
- Angel investor in education and data-focused startups
Career
Roles
DataCamp#594factoryCo-founder / CEOJul 2013 – Present
- Start-Up ChileParticipantNov 2013 – May 2014
Vrije Universiteit Brussel#13factoryLecturerSep 2013 – Sep 2014
- Code AcademyDeveloper-in-trainingJun 2012 – Sep 2012
- Google#40factorySummer of code 20122012 – Sep 2012
QualenicaIT/advisorNov 2012 – 2013
KU Leuven#1factoryPhD in financial econometricsSep 2009 – 2013
- Sagio.be#367factoryCo-founder & board member2009 – 2012
- Belgian Fuji AgencyAccountant (summer)Jul 2008 – Aug 2008
- Self-employed private tutorBusiness statistics and Economics2006 – 2009
- LMS International#176factoryIT-support (summer)Jul 2005 – Aug 2005
Education
- Université Paris Dauphine - PSL#218schoolEconomics2006 - 2007
- Sint-AlbertuscollegeGreek - Mathematics1998 - 2004
- Code academy
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