Marc Cenedella | |
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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.
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]
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.
Marc Cenedella | |
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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.
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]
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.