Jeff Taylor (entrepreneur) explained

Jeff Taylor is an American businessman who founded the online jobs site Monster.com.

Education

He is a graduate of the University Without Walls program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] [2] He had dropped out when he was 17, but went back to get his degree in 1999.[3] He also holds a Certificate-Owner/President Management Program, Executive Education, Harvard Business School; and an honorary doctorate from Bentley College.[4]

Career

In 1994, Jeff Taylor founded The Monster Board, an online jobs site later known as Monster.com. In August 2005, Taylor left Monster to start a new venture.[5] [6]

In 2006, Taylor launched a website called Eons.com, a social networking website for people over age of 50.[7] As founder and CEO of Eons, Inc., he started four sites for baby boomers: Eons.com, Eons Boom Media, Meetcha.com, and Tributes.com.[8] Eons, Inc. was sold to Crew Media in 2011.

In 2020, Taylor became the GM/Chief Customer Officer at Principles, a developer of people management software in Westport, Connecticut.[9]

Personal life

In 2001, Jeff Taylor announced he was selling his home in Holliston, Massachusetts for $1 on the condition that the buyer move the house off the property.[10]

Taylor serves on the board of advisors of the Berklee College of Music. Taylor has been a disc jockey for almost 30 years under the name Jefr Tale and has a weekly show on Sirius/XM Electric Area. In 2011, he started Buffalo.Dj, a talent agency for disc jockeys.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A 'Monster' achievement . . April 20, 2013 . BostonGlobe.com . The Boston Globe . June 10, 2021.
  2. Web site: Annual Report of Donors and Volunteers - The UWW Jeff Taylor Educational Opportunity Endowment . . 2007 . umassmag.com . UMass Magazine . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110211035258/http://umassmag.com/2007/Fall2007/annual_report_2007/UMadvAR07.pdf . February 11, 2011.
  3. Web site: Jeff Taylor - Taylor made . Wallack . Todd . July 23, 2007 . Boston Business Journal . June 10, 2021.
  4. Web site: Jeff Taylor's in the driver's seat again . Gardner . Debbie . November 6, 2006 . Prime . June 10, 2021.
  5. Web site: Jeff Taylor takes lessons from Monster.com to grow new companies . . June 14, 2005 . InformationWeek IT Network . InformationWeek . June 10, 2021.
  6. Web site: Monster Founding Leaving . Bloomberg News . June 14, 2005. The New York Times . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610205538/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/technology/monster-founder-leaving.html . June 10, 2021 . June 10, 2021.
  7. Web site: Jeff Taylor's $32M baby, Eons.com, sold for undisclosed terms . Connolly . James . April 29, 2011 . Boston Business Journal . June 10, 2021.
  8. Web site: Jeff Taylor takes lessons from Monster.com to grow new companies . LaWell . Carolyn . April 14, 2010 . Smart Business . June 10, 2011.
  9. Web site: Jeff Taylor . . en . June 10, 2021.
  10. Web site: Monster.com CEO offers to sell house for $1 . March 19, 2001 . Seacoastonline.com . June 10, 2011.
  11. Web site: Buffalo.dj, new start-up from Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor, will represent and record DJs . Kirsner. Scott . June 29, 2011 . . en . June 10, 2021.

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