Marc Cenedella

Marc Cenedella
Born (1970-09-15) September 15, 1970 (age 54)
NationalityAmerican
Years active1998-Present
Known forTheLadders.com
Political partyRepublican

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.

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]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (March 6, 2020). "This New York CEO put his company in a simulated coronavirus lockdown". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Shontell, Alyson (June 30, 2014). "Knozen is an app for rating coworkers". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Ha, Anthony (March 13, 2015). "Personality Test App Knozen Asks You Seemingly Random Questions About Your Friends". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Pillifant, Reid (January 6, 2012). "Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too". Politico. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Alumni of Yale University — Greater New York City Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  7. ^ Murphy, Bill Jr. (December 1, 2010). "How to Survive Past Start Up". Alumni Stories. Harvard Business School. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Rock 100 NYC". Alumni: Programs & Events: Participant Directory. Harvard Business School. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  9. ^ "Forbes Pacifica Trading Company". Relationship Science. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d Murphy, Bill Jr. (October 12, 2010). The Intelligent Entrepreneur. Holt. ISBN 9781429962087. Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  11. ^ Yarow, Jay (May 11, 2011). "New York City Is Doomed". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Gentle, Stuart (July 19, 2004). "TheLadders.com Hires HotJobs.com Co-Founder to Head Recruiting and Business Development". Onrec.
  13. ^ "From Zero to One Hundred Million: The Ladders.com CEO Marc Cenedella". One Million by One Million Blog. May 27, 2010. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.[better source needed]
  14. ^ White, Ronald D. (December 28, 2001). "Yahoo Wins Bid to Acquire HotJobs.com". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  15. ^ "Alex Douzet". TechTycoons. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2010.
  16. ^ "From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 3)". May 28, 2010. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.[better source needed]
  17. ^ Popper, Ben (October 11, 2011). "Mayor Bloomberg Makes His First Trip to New York Tech Meetup, Announces New Tech Council". The New York Observer.
  18. ^ Hernandez, Raymond (January 31, 2012). "Republican Chided Over Blog Says He Won't Run for Senate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  19. ^ Doll, Jen (February 1, 2012). "When Just the Appearance of a Sex Scandal Is Enough". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  20. ^ Ruth, Richard. "How Knozen is bringing personality to the Internet". Startup Hook. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015.
  21. ^ "Marc Cenedella". Muck Rack. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  22. ^ "Marc Cenedella Announces Candidacy for Congress in NY-23 Special Election". WENY-TV. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.