James Bord, born in 1981, is an English entrepreneur and professional poker player who founded shortcircuit.science, a company applying data science to medical prescription technology and climate adaptation analysis. Born into a Jewish family in Stanmore, England, he divides his time between London and the United States. A former banker for Citigroup, he left banking for poker in his mid-twenties and won the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for 1,313,611 dollars, becoming the first British champion of that event, with lifetime live tournament winnings of 4,304,535 dollars by April 2018. Through his company he later bought a minority stake in the Spanish club Córdoba and, with Evan Sofer, took over the Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic in January 2025.
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