Tech executive grows a new passion — on the farm

In March, VantagePoint AI President Lane Mendelsohn bought a 75-acre ranch he'd been eyeing since he was a kid. Bring on the cattle.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. January 8, 2021
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Courtesy. Lane Mendelsohn with one of the cows at his 75-acre ranch in Pasco County.
Courtesy. Lane Mendelsohn with one of the cows at his 75-acre ranch in Pasco County.
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Executive: Lane Mendelsohn, 40, is the president of VantagePoint AI, formerly known as Market Technologies, a Wesley Chapel-based company founded by his father, Louis Mendelsohn, in 1979. The firm pioneered the use of artificial intelligence to predict the behavior of global financial markets. Under the younger Mendelsohn’s leadership, the company did $12 million in sales in 2019 and $19 million in 2020. 

Courtesy. Lane Mendelsohn's daughters have taken to the ranching life. He has them raising chickens, like he did as a child.
Courtesy. Lane Mendelsohn's daughters have taken to the ranching life. He has them raising chickens, like he did as a child.

 

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