Dan Rosensweig

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Dan Rosensweig
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Rosensweig in 2004
BornApril 10
Dobbs Ferry, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Occupation(s)Chairman, president and CEO of Chegg
Known for PC Magazine ; Guitar Hero ; Yahoo!; Chegg
Spouse
Linda Rosensweig
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(m. 1988)​
[1]
Children2 [1]

Dan Rosensweig is an American business executive who is chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of student services company Chegg. [2] Previously, Rosensweig served as president and CEO of Guitar Hero ; COO at Yahoo!; president of CNET, and president and CEO of ZDNet.

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Career

Following college, Rosensweig's first job was at Dictaphone, then an independent subsidiary of Pitney Bowes, selling word processors door-to-door in Manhattan. Within three hours on the job, he was informed that the company had to lay off nearly 1,000 people, including his division. [2]

In 1983, Rosensweig began working at Ziff Davis as a cold caller selling magazines to mom-and-pop computer retail stores, then worked his way up through the circulation department, to classified ad sales and display ad sales, and then to associate publisher of PC Magazine . [2] Under Rosensweig's leadership, PC Magazine became the leading computer magazine in both audience reach and revenue. [2]

In 1996, Rosensweig led the Ziff Davis launch of a series of Internet print magazines, including, by license, the acclaimed Yahoo! Internet Life . [3] In 1998, he took over Ziff Davis' Internet Operation as president and CEO of ZiffNet, now known as ZDNet, where he took the company public and sold it to CNET, in 2001. Rosensweig played a critical role in the successful merger with CNET. [4] During his tenure at CNET, Rosensweig served as a key participant in company-wide efforts to develop and introduce innovative new Internet advertising formats, such as interactive messaging. [5]

In 2002, Rosensweig joined Yahoo! as COO, where he oversaw global operations through 2006, [6] [7] and developed a mentoring program.

In 2007, Rosensweig became a partner of private investment firm Quadrangle Group, founded by Steven Rattner, opening an office in Silicon Valley. [8]

In March 2009, Rosensweig became president and CEO of Guitar Hero ; under his management, the company launched Band Hero and DJ Hero . [8]

In February 2010, Rosensweig joined Chegg as president and CEO, [9] where he has overseen expansion and multiple acquisitions, and heads operations and executive management. He launched the company's IPO in 2013. [10] Chegg expanded from textbook rental into a portfolio of student services under his leadership, [2] [8] transforming Chegg's digital assets to meet student needs.

Rosensweig is a proponent of mentoring, [11] and of workplace equality. [12] He is an investor in many Silicon Valley companies, including Rent The Runway and Reputation.com. [8]

Personal life

Rosensweig is Jewish, [13] [14] and grew up in the same New York neighborhood as Mark Zuckerberg. He has two daughters with his wife Linda. [1] [8] [15]

Boards

Rosensweig participates on the advisory board of NPO DonorsChoose.org, has served as a Executives in Residence for the mentoring program of The Media and Technology Program at Columbia University; and sits on the boards of directors of Adobe, Inc., VOX Media, Katalyst Media, Fender, and OZY Media, among others.

He also sits on the board at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where the Rosensweig Learning Commons, Warren Hunting Smith Library is named for him. He is a Colgate University emeritus trustee. [8] He also works with the Boys and Girls Club.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 New, Jake (April 29, 2013). "Moving Beyond Textbook Rentals to 'Student Hub'". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  3. ↑ Carlson, Nicholas (2015). Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!. Grand Central Publishing. p. 47. ISBN   9781455556625.
  4. ↑ Berman, Nat (24 January 2018). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig". Money, Inc.
  5. ↑ "Daniel L. Rosensweig's Executive Profile". Businessweek. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ Todd, Deborah M.; Dastin, Jeffrey (July 21, 2016). "Silicon Valley's Yahoo diaspora mourns company's decline". Reuters.
  7. ↑ "Dan Rosensweig Chief Operating Officer Yahoo!" (PDF).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Chegg's Management Team".
  9. ↑ "Remember to Thank Your Star Players". The New York Times . July 10, 2010.
  10. ↑ Hecht, Albert (November 4, 2013). "Dan Rosensweig Adds $48.4 Million To Original Funding Target Of $150 Million On Chegg's IPO". Jewish Business News .
  11. ↑ McNicholas, Kym (August 18, 2011). "Dan Rosensweig: His Journey From Yahoo To Guitar Hero Then Chegg". Forbes .
  12. ↑ Sellers, Patricia (November 15, 2013). "Advice from a male CEO: "We all need to Lean In"". Fortune.
  13. ↑ Historical Take on the Internet Revolution. Stanford University. 7 Oct 2010.
  14. ↑ Krommenhoek, Sid. "Whole-Hearted Risk: Don't Take Yourself Too Seriously". linkedin.com.
  15. ↑ "Sally Shapiro Is Remarried". The New York Times. 1975-05-19. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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