Marc Cenedella

American businessman
Marc Cenedella
Born (1970-09-15) September 15, 1970 (age 53)
NationalityAmerican
Years active1998-Present
Known forTheLadders.com
Political partyRepublican

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[4][5] and has authored or co-authored several books.

Education

Cenedella graduated with a B.A. in political science from Yale University in 1992.[6][7] He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1992,[8][7] where he was named a Baker Scholar.[9]

Career

Early in his career, Cenedella founded Forbes Pacifica Trading Company, an import-export business.[10][11] He sold his interest in the company after graduating from Harvard Business School.[11] Cenedella also worked for The Riverside Company, eventually becoming associate vice president of the organization.[7][12][11] In 2000, Cenedella joined HotJobs, eventually becoming Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations.[13][11] At the end of 2001, Cenedella orchestrated the sale of HotJobs to Yahoo! for $436 million.[14][15]

Soon after leaving HotJobs, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch,[13][16] to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003.[2][17]

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.[18]

In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand,[19] but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website.[20]

In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen.[4][5][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

  • TheLadders.com

References

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