Marc Cenedella
Marc Cenedella | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 15, 1970 |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1998-Present |
| Known for | TheLadders.com |
| Political party | Republican |
Marc Cenedella (born September 15, 1970)[1] is an American businessman and political candidate. He is the founding-CEO of Ladders, Inc., a United States-based company.[2][3] He is also the founder of social app Knozen[4][5] and has authored or co-authored several books.
Education
[edit]Cenedella graduated with a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1992.[6][7] He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992,[8][7] where he was named a Baker Scholar.[9]
Career
[edit]Early in his career, Cenedella founded Forbes Pacifica Trading Company, an import-export business.[10][11] He sold his interest in the company after graduating from Harvard Business School.[11] Cenedella also worked for The Riverside Company, eventually becoming associate vice president of the organization.[7][12][11] In 2000, Cenedella joined HotJobs, eventually becoming Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations.[13][11] At the end of 2001, Cenedella orchestrated the sale of HotJobs to Yahoo! for $436 million.[14][15]
Soon after leaving HotJobs, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch,[13][16] to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003.[2][17]
On October 10, 2011, then New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that Cenedella was part of his ten-strong "Council on Tech" to help drive the city toward greater tech growth.[18]
In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand,[19] but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website.[20]
In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen.[4][5][21]
Cenedella is a writer and contributor to Muck Rack, an aggregator of articles and news to sites like Medium, Business Insider, HuffPost, The Independent, New York Post, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Fast Company.[22]
In 2022, Cenedella announced that he is running in the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 23rd District,[23] however he withdrew before the primary.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Marc Cenedella My Heritage
- ^ a b Bob Tedeschi (4 June 2007). "Listing Top Jobs but Charging Candidates to Seek Them". New York Times.
- ^ Zeitchik, Steven (March 6, 2020). "This New York CEO put his company in a simulated coronavirus lockdown". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- ^ a b Business Insider.
- ^ a b TechCrunch.
- ^ "Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too". (Jan. 6, 2012). Politico.
- ^ a b c "Alumni of Yale University — Greater New York City Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Bill Murphy Jr. (01 December, 2010). "How to Survive Past Start Up". Alumni Stories - Harvard Business School.
- ^ "Participant Directory - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Forbes Pacifica Trading Company". Relationship Science, LLC. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Google Books". Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "New York City Is Doomed". (May 11, 2011). Business Insider Australia.
- ^ a b Stuart Gentle (19 July 2004). "TheLadders.com Hires HotJobs.com Co-Founder to Head Recruiting and Business Development". Onrec.
- ^ "From Zero to One Hundred Million: The Ladders.com CEO Marc Cenedella" (27 May 2010). One Million by One Million Blog.
- ^ "Yahoo Wins Bid to Acquire HotJobs.com". Dec. 28, 2001. The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Alex Douzet". TechTycoons. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 3)". (May 28, 2010).
- ^ Ben Popper (11 October 2011). "Mayor Bloomberg Makes His First Trip to New York Tech Meetup, Announces New Tech Council". Observer.
- ^ Hernandez, Raymond (2012-01-31). "Republican Chided Over Blog Says He Won't Run for Senate". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Doll, Jen (2012-02-01). "When Just the Appearance of a Sex Scandal Is Enough". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "How Knozen is bringing personality to the Internet".
- ^ "Marc Cenedella | Medium, Business Insider, HuffPost Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ "Marc Cenedella Announces Candidacy for Congress in NY-23 Special Election". www.weny.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.