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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]
Kapur grew up in Huron, South Dakota. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.[ citation needed ]
After graduation, Kapur worked at NBC Universal in its 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]
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