Marc Cenedella

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Marc Cenedella
Born (1970-09-15) September 15, 1970 (age 53)
NationalityAmerican
Years active1998-Present
Known for TheLadders.com
Political partyRepublican

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.

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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]

Soon after leaving HotJobs, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch, [13] [16] to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003. [2] [17]

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. [18]

In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, [19] but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website. [20]

In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen. [4] [5] [21]

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. [22]

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, [23] however he withdrew before the primary.

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References

  1. ↑ Marc Cenedella My Heritage
  2. 1 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. 1 2 Business Insider.
  5. 1 2 TechCrunch.
  6. ↑ "Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too". (Jan. 6, 2012). Politico.
  7. 1 2 3 "Alumni of Yale University — Greater New York City Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Bill Murphy Jr. (01 December, 2010). "How to Survive Past Start Up". Alumni Stories - Harvard Business School.
  9. ↑ "Participant Directory - Alumni - Harvard Business School". www.alumni.hbs.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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  11. 1 2 3 4 "Google Books" . Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "New York City Is Doomed". (May 11, 2011). Business Insider Australia.
  13. 1 2 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. ↑ "Alex Douzet". TechTycoons. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  17. ↑ "From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 3)". (May 28, 2010).
  18. ↑ Ben Popper (11 October 2011). "Mayor Bloomberg Makes His First Trip to New York Tech Meetup, Announces New Tech Council". Observer.
  19. ↑ Hernandez, Raymond (2012-01-31). "Republican Chided Over Blog Says He Won't Run for Senate". The New York Times . Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  20. ↑ Doll, Jen (2012-02-01). "When Just the Appearance of a Sex Scandal Is Enough". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  21. ↑ "How Knozen is bringing personality to the Internet".
  22. ↑ "Marc Cenedella | Medium, Business Insider, HuffPost Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  23. ↑ "Marc Cenedella Announces Candidacy for Congress in NY-23 Special Election". www.weny.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
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