Marc Cenedella

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.

Marc Cenedella
Born (1970-09-15) September 15, 1970
NationalityAmerican
Years active1998-Present
Known forTheLadders.com
Political partyRepublican

Education

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

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][16]

Soon after leaving HotJobs, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch,[13][17] to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003.[2][18]

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.[19]

In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand,[20] but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website.[21]

In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen.[4][5][22]

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.[23]

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,[24] however he withdrew before the primary.

See also

References
  1. https://www.myheritage.com/names/marc_cenedella
  2. Bob Tedeschi (4 June 2007). "Listing Top Jobs but Charging Candidates to Seek Them". New York Times.
  3. Zeitchik, Steven (March 6, 2020). "This New York CEO put his company in a simulated coronavirus lockdown". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  4. Business Insider.
  5. TechCrunch.
  6. "Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too". (Jan. 6, 2012). Politico.
  7. Yale University alumni
  8. Bill Murphy Jr. (01 December, 2010). "How to Survive Past Start Up". Alumni Stories - Harvard Business School.
  9. Harvard Business School alumni
  10. "Forbes Pacifica Trading Company". Relationship Science, LLC. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  11. Google Books
  12. "New York City Is Doomed". (May 11, 2011). Business Insider Australia.
  13. Stuart Gentle (19 July 2004). "TheLadders.com Hires HotJobs.com Co-Founder to Head Recruiting and Business Development". Onrec.
  14. "From Zero to One Hundred Million: The Ladders.com CEO Marc Cenedella" (27 May 2010). One Million by One Million Blog.
  15. "Yahoo Wins Bid to Acquire HotJobs.com". Dec. 28, 2001. The Los Angeles Times.
  16. "". The New York Post.
  17. "Alex Douzet". TechTycoons. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  18. "From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 3)". (May 28, 2010).
  19. Ben Popper (11 October 2011). "Mayor Bloomberg Makes His First Trip to New York Tech Meetup, Announces New Tech Council". Observer.
  20. Hernandez, Raymond (2012-01-31). "Republican Chided Over Blog Says He Won't Run for Senate". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  21. Doll, Jen (2012-02-01). "When Just the Appearance of a Sex Scandal Is Enough". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  22. "How Knozen is bringing personality to the Internet".
  23. "Marc Cenedella | Medium, Business Insider, HuffPost Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  24. "Marc Cenedella Announces Candidacy for Congress in NY-23 Special Election". www.weny.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
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