Alex Hodara - Founder & CEO of Rocket Club

Alex with his nephews Jack & Liam, who are both Series A Certified Rocket Club Members in the Rocket Club Hall of Fame

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year NJ Winner & National Finalist

About Alex and the Creation of Rocket Club

As a child, Alex loved sports, especially baseball. His dad saw this passion as an opportunity to teach him advanced math at a very early age by involving him in fantasy baseball. During this time, Alex learned to use statistics and analytics to project the future success of major leaguers. By his early teenage years, he was using his math skills to compete and win against adults in the world of fantasy baseball, where statistical analysis was key.

At 14, Alex started his first business, using money earned from fantasy sports to import custom merchandise from abroad and resell it in America. In college, he founded what CNBC coined “the first student-run real estate brokerage in America.” Alex specialized in analyzing and optimizing the financial performance of student housing properties, selling over 20 cash-flowing multifamily properties to investors before graduation.

With the commissions earned from these sales and funds raised from investors, Alex developed over 200 rental units in Boston, some of which were purchased by the city of Boston to be used as high-quality subsidized housing.

With the proceeds from this sale, Alex founded Rocket Club, the club he wished he had as a kid. His goal is to inspire members to find their passion for math and STEM at an early age, just as his dad did for him through baseball statistics.

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