Marc Cenedella Explained

Marc Cenedella
Birth Date:15 September 1970
Nationality:American
Years Active:1998-Present
Known For:TheLadders.com
Party:Republican

Marc Cenedella (born September 15, 1970)[1] is an American businessman and political candidate. He is the founding-CEO of Ladders, Inc., a United States-based company.[2] [3] He is also the founder of social app Knozen and has authored or co-authored several books.

Education

Cenedella graduated with a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1992.[4] [5] He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992,[6] [5] where he was named a Baker Scholar.[7]

Career

Early in his career, Cenedella founded Forbes Pacifica Trading Company, an import-export business.[8] He sold his interest in the company after graduating from Harvard Business School.[9] Cenedella also worked for The Riverside Company, eventually becoming associate vice president of the organization.[5] [10] [9] In 2000, Cenedella joined HotJobs, eventually becoming Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations.[11] [9] At the end of 2001, Cenedella orchestrated the sale of HotJobs to Yahoo! for $436 million.[12] [13]

Soon after leaving HotJobs, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch,[11] [14] to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003.[2] [15]

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.[16]

In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand,[17] but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website.[18]

In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen.[19] [20] [21]

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.[22]

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,[23] however he withdrew before the primary.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.myheritage.com/names/marc_cenedella Marc Cenedella
  2. Bob Tedeschi (4 June 2007). "Listing Top Jobs but Charging Candidates to Seek Them". New York Times.
  3. News: Zeitchik. Steven. March 6, 2020. This New York CEO put his company in a simulated coronavirus lockdown. The Washington Post. December 17, 2020.
  4. "Anti-tax entrepreneur Marc Cenedella wants to run against Kirsten Gillibrand and pay for it, too". (Jan. 6, 2012). Politico.
  5. Web site: Alumni of Yale University — Greater New York City Area. alumnius.net. 14 December 2023.
  6. Bill Murphy Jr. (01 December, 2010). "How to Survive Past Start Up". Alumni Stories - Harvard Business School.
  7. Web site: Participant Directory - Alumni - Harvard Business School. www.alumni.hbs.edu. 14 December 2023.
  8. "Forbes Pacifica Trading Company". Relationship Science, LLC. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. Web site: Google Books. 14 December 2023.
  10. "New York City Is Doomed". (May 11, 2011). Business Insider Australia.
  11. Stuart Gentle (19 July 2004). "TheLadders.com Hires HotJobs.com Co-Founder to Head Recruiting and Business Development". Onrec.
  12. "From Zero to One Hundred Million: The Ladders.com CEO Marc Cenedella" (27 May 2010). One Million by One Million Blog.
  13. "Yahoo Wins Bid to Acquire HotJobs.com". Dec. 28, 2001. The Los Angeles Times.
  14. "Alex Douzet". TechTycoons. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  15. "From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 3)". (May 28, 2010).
  16. Ben Popper (11 October 2011). "Mayor Bloomberg Makes His First Trip to New York Tech Meetup, Announces New Tech Council". Observer.
  17. News: Hernandez. Raymond. 2012-01-31. Republican Chided Over Blog Says He Won't Run for Senate. The New York Times. 2022-02-03. en-US.
  18. Web site: Doll. Jen. 2012-02-01. When Just the Appearance of a Sex Scandal Is Enough. 2022-02-03. The Atlantic. en.
  19. https://www.businessinsider.com/knozen-is-an-app-for-rating-coworkers-2014-6 Business Insider
  20. https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/13/knozen-not-just-for-coworkers/ TechCrunch
  21. "How Knozen is bringing personality to the Internet".
  22. Web site: Marc Cenedella Medium, Business Insider, HuffPost Journalist Muck Rack. 2021-08-20. muckrack.com. en.
  23. Web site: Marc Cenedella Announces Candidacy for Congress in NY-23 Special Election . 2022-06-04 . www.weny.com . en.

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