Tim Cadogan

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Tim Cadogan
Born
Timothy R. Cadogan [1]

England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish-American
Education London School of Economics (BSc)

University of Oxford (MPhil)

Stanford University (MBA)
Occupation(s)CEO of GoFundMe
Co-Founder and former CEO of OpenX

Tim Cadogan is a British-American entrepreneur who is the CEO of GoFundMe. Previously he co-founded OpenX as its CEO. [2] In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people. [3]

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Early life and education

Cadogan was born [4] and raised in rural England. [5] He holds a bachelor of science degree from the London School of Economics, a master in philosophy from University of Oxford, and is master of business administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business. [6]

Career

Cadogan began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group [5] and McKinsey & Company. [7] He then became Vice President of Search at Overture (formerly GoTo.com) which was subsequently acquired by Yahoo!. [8] At Yahoo!, he led both the advertising and search businesses at from 2003 to 2008. [9]

In 2008, Cadogan co-founded OpenX with fellow Yahoo veteran Jason Fairchild [10] and was its CEO. [11] In January 2020, Cadogan replaced Rob Solomon as the CEO of GoFundMe. [12] [13]

Personal life

Cadogan resides with his family in California. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Tim Cadogan, GoFundMe: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. ↑ Horst, Peter. "Brands Take A Stand For Quality In The Wild West Of Digital Advertising". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Tim Cadogan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025". TIME. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  4. ↑ "How GoFundMe's Tim Cadogan taps board expertise in perilous times". Yahoo Finance. 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  5. 1 2 Gelles, David (2022-03-04). "The GoFundMe C.E.O. Wants You to Ask: 'How Can I Help?'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  6. ↑ "Entrepreneur - Start, run and grow your business". Entrepreneur. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  7. ↑ Ahmed, Murad (2024-01-13). "Business big shot: Tim Cadogan". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  8. ↑ "Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!) | Acquired Podcast". www.acquired.fm. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  9. ↑ "Mobile Summit 2013 – Tim Cadogan – OpenX – Rethinking Advertising for a Multi-Screen World". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  10. ↑ "63. Jason Fairchild – developing GoTo, OpenX and tvScientific". Paleo Ad Tech. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  11. ↑ Schonfeld, Erick (2008-04-09). "Yahoo Refugee Tim Cadogan Lands at OpenX As CEO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  12. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (2020-01-29). "GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon is stepping down, will be replaced by Tim Cadogan, CEO of OpenX". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  13. ↑ "Remote Work Is Fine. The Real Thing Scaring CEOs? Hybrid Work". TIME. 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  14. ↑ ‘Sway’ (2021-03-01). "Opinion | If Government Did Its Job We Might Not Need GoFundMe". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-01-13.
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