Jeff Bonforte Explained

Jeff Bonforte
Known For:Former CEO of Grindr

Jeff Bonforte is the former CEO of Grindr.[1] He was a senior vice president of Communications Products at Yahoo!, responsible for Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Contacts and Yahoo! Calendar.[2] Before that he was Chief executive officer (CEO) of Xobni, a company that Yahoo! bought in July 2013.[3]

In late 2013, in regard to a multi-week Yahoo Mail outage and massive user dissatisfaction with the site re-design, Bonforte said at a weekly employee meeting that Yahoo would have to "kick users hard" in the nuts before they would leave Yahoo Mail.[4]

Bonforte became the CEO of Grindr in June 2020.[1] In September 2022, Bonforte moved into an advisory role when George Arison took over as CEO of Grindr.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grindr's New Owners Want to Create a 'Positive Place for Everyone'. June 15, 2020. www.advocate.com.
  2. Web site: Yahoo attempts to take on Facebook with reimagined Messenger . 2023-03-30 . www.yahoo.com . en.
  3. Web site: Xobni's Jeff Bonforte Officially Running Yahoo's Communications Products . All Things Digital - Dow Jones . 2013-08-28 . March 18, 2015 . Swisher . Kara . Kara Swisher.
  4. Web site: Kick the Can — Yahoo Mail Is a Consumer Disaster, but Company's Response Is Even Worse . All Things Digital - Dow Jones . 2013-12-11 . 2015-03-18 . Swisher, Kara.
  5. Web site: 2022-09-14 . Gay dating app Grindr names new CEO ahead of its public listing . 2023-12-11 . NBC News . en.

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