Jeff Taylor (entrepreneur)

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

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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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Wallack, Todd (July 23, 2007). "Jeff Taylor - Taylor made". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  4. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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