Scott Belsky

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Scott Belsky
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Alma mater Cornell University
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, author, investor
Employer Adobe Inc.
Known for Behance
Notable workMaking Ideas Happen (Penguin Books)
Board member ofCornell University's Entrepreneurship Program
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Relatives Stanley Kaplan
Website http://www.scottbelsky.com

Scott Kaplan Belsky (born April 18, 1980) is an American entrepreneur, author and early-stage investor [1] [2] [3] [4] best known for co-creating the online portfolio platform, Behance, Inc. In 2010, Belsky was included in Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" list. [5]

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In December 2012, Behance was acquired by Adobe [6] [7] where Belsky became VP of Products, Mobile and Community at Adobe. [8] [9] [10] In February 2016 Belsky left Adobe and joined Benchmark as the firm's sixth general partner. Prior to joining Benchmark, Belsky had been an early-stage investor and active advisor to companies including Uber, Warby Parker, Pinterest, Periscope and Sweetgreen. [4] [11] In 2017, Belsky returned to Adobe as the Chief Product Officer, Executive Vice President for Adobe Creative Cloud. Scott Belsky also serves on the Board of the Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) [12]

Personal life and education

Belsky graduated from Cornell University. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Belsky serves on the advisory board of Cornell University's Entrepreneurship Program, and is a board member at the Museum of Modern Art [13] and for the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum. [14] Belsky is the grandson of Stanley Kaplan. [15]

Books

Belsky also has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.

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References

  1. ↑ "Making Ideas Happen Book Page". the99percent.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Wired Magazine UK". wired.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ Belsky, Scott (2012). Amazon Book Sales Info. Penguin Publishing. ISBN   978-1591844112.
  4. 1 2 Loizos, Connie (8 February 2016). "Benchmark Adds A Sixth General Partner: Scott Belsky". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  5. ↑ "Fast Company Article On Scott Belsky". fastcompany.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "News Analysis Adobe Behances The Creative Class With 150M Community Acquisition" . Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Adobe Acquires Social Media Platform Behance To Power Its Creative Cloud Community". TechCrunch . 20 December 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Adobe Acquired Portfolio Service Behance for more than 150 million in cash and stock". TechCrunch. 21 December 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Enriching The Creative Experience". Adobe. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Why Adobe's CreativeSync Is So Much More Than Just Dropbox For Designers". Co.Design. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  11. ↑ "DC Chain Sweetgreen Raises $18.5 Million; Danny Meyer, Daniel Boulud Among Investors". Eater. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  12. ↑ "Atlassian Appoints Scott Belsky, Adobe Chief Strategy Officer, to Board of Directors". BusinessWire. 24 July 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  13. ↑ "MoMA Officers and trustees". moma.org. 12 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum". cooperhewitt.org. 5 November 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Founder of Kaplan Test Prep Remembered". NPR.org.
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