Marc Bodnick Explained

Marc Bodnick
Birth Name:Marc Adam Bodnick
Birth Date:17 May 1969
Education:Harvard University (BA)
Stanford University
Known For:Co-founding Elevation Partners

Marc Adam Bodnick (born May 17, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known as a co-founder of Elevation Partners.

Education

Bodnick earned a bachelor's degree in government at Harvard University and a master's degree in political science at Stanford University.

Employment

Bodnick is a founding principal of Silver Lake Partners.[1] He also worked at Blackstone Group and Kroll.[1] In 2003, he co-founded Elevation Partners, along with Bono and a number of Silicon Valley investors and executives. As Managing Director, he was credited with reversing the poor performance of the fund's first fund,[2] with a $210 million investment in Facebook and a $100 million investment in Yelp, Inc.[1] [3] [4] His sister-in-law, Sheryl Sandberg, was Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.[5]

Quora

In early 2011, Bodnick was recruited to lead the business and community team at Quora, a question-and-answer website founded by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever, after becoming an early beta tester and contributor.[6] In May 2016, he announced that he was leaving his position at Quora.[7]

Telepath

After leaving Quora, Bodnick co-founded Telepath.com, an interest-based social network. Telepath was in private beta for a time,[8] but the website is no longer available since 2022.

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet Quora's New Grown-Up: Elevation Partners' Marc Bodnick. Business Insider. Dan. Frommer. January 26, 2011.
  2. News: San Jose Mercury News. Marc Bodnick, Facebook and Elevation Partner's social media success. Chris Obrien. January 8, 2011.
  3. News: Venture Beat. Superstar Marc Bodnick leaving Yelp, Facebook investor Elevation Partners. January 25, 2011.
  4. News: New York Times. Yelp Gets a Five-Star Review from Elevation Partners. January 27, 2010. Claire Cain Miller.
  5. News: Forbes. Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg. https://web.archive.org/web/20090827132308/http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0907/power-women-09-facebook-sheryl-sandberg_2.html. dead. August 27, 2009. Evan Hessel. September 7, 2009.
  6. News: Venture Beat. Marc Bodnick opens up about his move to Quora — on Quora. Owen. Thomas. January 29, 2011.
  7. News: Quora loses its public face, Marc Bodnick. TechCrunch. May 26, 2016. Josh Constine.
  8. Web site: Telepath. www.telepath.com. en. 2018-12-21.