Gideon Stein Explained

Gideon Stein (born December 19, 1971, in Washington, D.C.) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the CEO of Write Label,[1] [2] a crowd-sourced platform for short-form writing, president of The Moriah Fund,[3] and chair of Civic News Company (publisher of Chalkbeat). He is the former vice chairman of the board of Success Academy Charter Schools, a high-performing charter school management organization in New York City.

Education

Stein graduated with honors from Wesleyan University with a degree in economics and history. He attended St Edmund Hall at Oxford University as a visiting scholar in development economics and European history.

Career

Stein is the CEO of Write Label, a crowd-sourced platform for short-form writing. He was the founder and CEO of LightSail Education, an adaptive literacy solution for K-12.[4] Stein was the founder, chairman and CEO of Omnipod, Inc.,[5] a leading on-demand provider of real-time messaging to the enterprise market, until its sale in 2005 to MessageLabs Group, Ltd.,[6] one of the world’s largest private software companies (and now a division of Symantec). Stein was a founding partner of MR Ventures, a private investment firm with a portfolio of companies concentrated in media, commerce and software. Stein also served on the board of directors of the Real Silk Investment Company,[7] a publicly traded regulated investment company, until its sale to Lord Abbett Affiliated Funds.[8]

Philanthropy

In May 2019, Stein became the President of his family's private foundation, The Moriah Fund.[3] Stein is the board chair of Civic News Company, the publisher of Chalkbeat, Votebeat, and Healthbeat.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home. Writelabel.com. 27 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Leading Creative Writing Service Provider Comedywire Announces Rebranding to Write Label. StreetInsider.com. 27 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Home. Moriahfund.org. 27 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Literacy Development Solution to promote Lexile Reading Growth. Lightsailed.com. 27 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Omnipod CEO Gideon Stein Speaks on IM Networks. Ecommercetimes.com. 22 November 2004.
  6. Web site: MessageLabs To Acquire Omnipod. 28 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100928190256/http://www.messagelabs.com/resources/press/126 . 27 June 2022. 2010-09-28 .
  7. Web site: SEC Info. Secinfo.com.
  8. Web site: SEC Info. Secinfo.com.
  9. Web site: About Chalkbeat. Chalkbeat.org. 5 July 2024.