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Amit Kapur is an American-born internet entrepreneur. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of WhoCo, a technology company focused on hiring and recruiting. He is best known as co-founder of technology start-up Gravity [1] and as the former chief operating officer at MySpace. [2]
Early life and education
Amit grew up in a small farm town in South Dakota. He then graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Career
After graduation, Kapur worked at NBC Universal in their planning and digital strategy department. [3] Kapur joined MySpace in 2005 and was in charge of the development of MySpace Music and MySpace mobile. He was named chief operating officer of the company in January 2008. [4]
In 2009, Kapur along with 2 other MySpace employees, Jim Benedetto and Steve Pearman, left the company [5] to found Santa Monica-based Gravity. [6] They raised $10 million in Series A funding in May 2009 [7] and another $10.6 million in Series B funding in October 2012. [8]
Gravity was acquired by AOL in January 2014. [9] [10] After the acquisition, Kapur was named President of AOL's publisher platform where he remained until 2017. [11]
In early 2019, Kapur co-founded Santa Monica-based WhoCo, a technology startup focused on hiring and recruiting, alongside former Google and AOL executive Tim Armstrong. [12]
References
- ^ "Is Myspace Destined to Fail (Again)?". LA Weekly By Ben Westhoff May 1, 2014
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^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (23 August 2008).
Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 21–.
ISSN
0006-2510.
{{ cite book}}:|author=has generic name ( help) - ^ "From Myspace’s Ashes, Silicon Start-Ups Rise". New York Times. By EILENE ZIMMERMANSEPT. 7, 2013
- ^ "MySpace Names Amit Kapur Chief Operating Officer". BusinessWire. January 30, 2008.
- ^ Kee, Tameka (March 3, 2009). "MySpace COO Amit Kapur Leaving With Two Other Execs For Startup". GigaOM.
- ^ "Our Team". Gravity. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (May 20, 2009). "Former MySpace Execs Get Funding For New Venture; Some Details Leak". TechCrunch.
- ^ Yeung, Ken (October 2, 2012). "Gravity to improve its personalization platform engine with new Series B funding". The Next Web.
- ^ Swisher, Kara (January 23, 2014). "AOL Buys Personalization Startup Gravity for 90 Million in Cash". Re/Code.
- ^ "Tech guru | Amit Kapur". New Indian Express. By Adarsh Matham 1 February 2015
- ^ "Los Angeles: Dawn of a Startup Town". Techli. Lee Schneider February 11, 2015
- ^ Boorstin, Julia (2019-02-07). "Tim Armstrong is launching a new company to bring products and experiences directly to consumers, no retailer required". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
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Amit Kapur is an American-born internet entrepreneur. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of WhoCo, a technology company focused on hiring and recruiting. He is best known as co-founder of technology start-up Gravity [1] and as the former chief operating officer at MySpace. [2]
Early life and education
Amit grew up in a small farm town in South Dakota. He then graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Career
After graduation, Kapur worked at NBC Universal in their planning and digital strategy department. [3] Kapur joined MySpace in 2005 and was in charge of the development of MySpace Music and MySpace mobile. He was named chief operating officer of the company in January 2008. [4]
In 2009, Kapur along with 2 other MySpace employees, Jim Benedetto and Steve Pearman, left the company [5] to found Santa Monica-based Gravity. [6] They raised $10 million in Series A funding in May 2009 [7] and another $10.6 million in Series B funding in October 2012. [8]
Gravity was acquired by AOL in January 2014. [9] [10] After the acquisition, Kapur was named President of AOL's publisher platform where he remained until 2017. [11]
In early 2019, Kapur co-founded Santa Monica-based WhoCo, a technology startup focused on hiring and recruiting, alongside former Google and AOL executive Tim Armstrong. [12]
References
- ^ "Is Myspace Destined to Fail (Again)?". LA Weekly By Ben Westhoff May 1, 2014
-
^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (23 August 2008).
Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 21–.
ISSN
0006-2510.
{{ cite book}}:|author=has generic name ( help) - ^ "From Myspace’s Ashes, Silicon Start-Ups Rise". New York Times. By EILENE ZIMMERMANSEPT. 7, 2013
- ^ "MySpace Names Amit Kapur Chief Operating Officer". BusinessWire. January 30, 2008.
- ^ Kee, Tameka (March 3, 2009). "MySpace COO Amit Kapur Leaving With Two Other Execs For Startup". GigaOM.
- ^ "Our Team". Gravity. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (May 20, 2009). "Former MySpace Execs Get Funding For New Venture; Some Details Leak". TechCrunch.
- ^ Yeung, Ken (October 2, 2012). "Gravity to improve its personalization platform engine with new Series B funding". The Next Web.
- ^ Swisher, Kara (January 23, 2014). "AOL Buys Personalization Startup Gravity for 90 Million in Cash". Re/Code.
- ^ "Tech guru | Amit Kapur". New Indian Express. By Adarsh Matham 1 February 2015
- ^ "Los Angeles: Dawn of a Startup Town". Techli. Lee Schneider February 11, 2015
- ^ Boorstin, Julia (2019-02-07). "Tim Armstrong is launching a new company to bring products and experiences directly to consumers, no retailer required". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-02-18.