Gator entrepreneur sells data company at 27 years old

Max Wahba (BSBA ‘20) recently sold his private data company, Techsalerator, to Datasharp in one of the largest acquisitions in the data space in 2025. 

Wahba began his business journey at the age of 17. Originally from Brussels, Belgium, Wahba moved to the United States to attend the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. 

Throughout his time at Warrington, Wahba found community and professional growth through Alpha Epsilon Pi and various business and investment clubs. 

“In many ways, Warrington gave me a 360-degree view of business,” Wahba said. “It helped me understand the way business is done in the United States. Coming from Europe, where things tend to be more static, this was a major shift for me. Warrington ignited a spark—showing me that anything is possible in America—while also giving me the solid foundation I later relied on when launching my business.”

Wahba graduated during the COVID-19 pandemic; instead of looking for a job amid a slow hiring season, Wahba seized the pivotal turning point in the world to redefine how business was done—he decided to create his own.

In September 2020, Wahba founded Techsalerator; within five years, his company had become the largest data marketplace in the United States. Techsalerator’s datasets cover hundreds of millions of companies across 200 countries, including J.P. Morgan, FedEx and Allstate. 

In November 2025, Techsalerator was acquired by Datasharp, one of the leading private equity groups in the data industry. With the acquisition, the companies aim to build the next generation of global data infrastructure worldwide. 

“[My] UF education truly shaped who I am as a person today,” Wahba said. “I learned about the work culture in America, the socialization aspect, which changed some of my centers of interest and opened my mind about the potential scale of success that an education like UF can achieve. I learned to be strong and resilient and to adapt at UF, which is something that helped during the years.”

Wahba encourages Business Gators who aspire to create their own company to leverage the foundational knowledge UF provides and never to feel too young to achieve big success. 

“UF gives you access to incredible people and resources who might one day become your partners, employees, advisers or even investors,” Wahba said. “Launching a business is extremely difficult, don’t get me wrong, but effort compounds. By improving your business little by little each day, you’ll start to fall in love with the process itself, as well as the daily challenges that come with it. After a few years, you’ll look back and realize that you’ve climbed an entire mountain and in the process, built not only a great company but an incredible life for yourself.”