Tim Cadogan

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Tim Cadogan
Born
Timothy R. Cadogan [1]

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 currently serving as the CEO of GoFundMe. Previously he co-founded OpenX and served as its CEO. [2]

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Early life and education

Cadogan was born [3] and raised in rural England. [4] 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. [5]

Career

Cadogan began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group [4] and McKinsey & Company. [6] He then became Vice President of Search at Overture (formerly GoTo.com) which was subsequently acquired by Yahoo!. [7] At Yahoo!, he led both the advertising and search businesses at from 2003 to 2008. [8]

In 2008, Cadogan co-founded OpenX with fellow Yahoo veteran Jason Fairchild [9] and served as its CEO. [10] In January 2020, Cadogan replaced Rob Solomon as the CEO of GoFundMe. [11] [12]

Personal life

Cadogan resides with his family in California. [13]

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