Marc Cenedella
American businessman
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Marc Cenedella (born September 15, 1970)[citation needed] is an American businessman and political candidate. He is the founding-CEO of Ladders, Inc., a United States-based company.[1][2] He is also the founder of social app Knozen[3][4] and has authored or co-authored several books.
Marc Cenedella | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 15, 1970 |
| Years active | 1998-Present |
| Known for | TheLadders.com |
| Political party | Republican |
Education
Cenedella graduated with a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1992.[5][6] He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992,[7][6] where he was named a Baker Scholar.[8]
Career
Early in his career, Cenedella founded Forbes Pacifica Trading Company, an import-export business.[9][10] He sold his interest in the company after graduating from Harvard Business School.[10] Cenedella also worked for The Riverside Company, eventually becoming associate vice president of the organization.[6][11][10] In 2000, Cenedella joined HotJobs, eventually becoming Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations.[12][10] At the end of 2001, Cenedella orchestrated the sale of HotJobs to Yahoo! for $436 million.[13][14]
Soon after leaving HotJobs, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch,[12][15] to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003.[1][16]
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.[17]
In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand,[18] but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website.[19]
In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen.[3][4][20]
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.[21]
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,[22] however he withdrew before the primary.[citation needed]