Jeff Taylor (entrepreneur)

Jeff Taylor is an American businessman who founded the online jobs site Monster.com.

Education

He is a graduate of the University Without Walls program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1][2] He had dropped out when he was 17, but went back to get his degree in 1999.[3] He also holds a Certificate-Owner/President Management Program, Executive Education, Harvard Business School; and an honorary doctorate from Bentley College.[4]

Career

In 1994, Jeff Taylor founded The Monster Board, an online jobs site later known as Monster.com.[1] In August 2005, Taylor left Monster to start a new venture.[5][6]

In 2006, Taylor launched a website called Eons.com, a social networking website for people over age of 50.[7][4] As founder and CEO of Eons, Inc., he started four sites for baby boomers: Eons.com, Eons Boom Media, Meetcha.com, and Tributes.com.[8] Eons, Inc. was sold to Crew Media in 2011.[7]

In 2020, Taylor became the GM/Chief Customer Officer at Principles, a developer of people management software in Westport, Connecticut.[9]

Personal life

In 2001, Jeff Taylor announced he was selling his home in Holliston, Massachusetts for $1 on the condition that the buyer move the house off the property.[10]

Taylor serves on the board of advisors of the Berklee College of Music. Taylor has been a disc jockey for almost 30 years under the name Jefr Tale and has a weekly show on Sirius/XM Electric Area.[3] In 2011, he started Buffalo.Dj, a talent agency for disc jockeys.[11]

References
  1. "A 'Monster' achievement". BostonGlobe.com. The Boston Globe. April 20, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  2. "Annual Report of Donors and Volunteers - The UWW Jeff Taylor Educational Opportunity Endowment" (PDF). umassmag.com. UMass Magazine. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2011.
  3. Wallack, Todd (July 23, 2007). "Jeff Taylor - Taylor made". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. Gardner, Debbie (November 6, 2006). "Jeff Taylor's in the driver's seat again". Prime. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  5. "Jeff Taylor takes lessons from Monster.com to grow new companies". InformationWeek IT Network. InformationWeek. June 14, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  6. Bloomberg News (June 14, 2005). "Monster Founding Leaving". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  7. Connolly, James (April 29, 2011). "Jeff Taylor's $32M baby, Eons.com, sold for undisclosed terms". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  8. LaWell, Carolyn (April 14, 2010). "Jeff Taylor takes lessons from Monster.com to grow new companies". Smart Business. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  9. "Jeff Taylor". LinkedIn. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  10. "Monster.com CEO offers to sell house for $1". Seacoastonline.com. March 19, 2001. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  11. Kirsner, Scott (June 29, 2011). "Buffalo.dj, new start-up from Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor, will represent and record DJs". Boston.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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