Marc Adam Bodnick (born May 17, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known as a co-founder of Elevation Partners.
Marc Bodnick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marc Adam Bodnick 17 May 1969 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Stanford University |
| Known for | Co-founding Elevation Partners |
Education
editBodnick earned a bachelor's degree in government at Harvard University and a master's degree in political science at Stanford University.[1]
Employment
editBodnick 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
editIn 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
editAfter 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.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Frommer, Dan (January 26, 2011). "Meet Quora's New Grown-Up: Elevation Partners' Marc Bodnick". Business Insider.
- ^ Chris Obrien (January 8, 2011). "Marc Bodnick, Facebook and Elevation Partner's social media success". San Jose Mercury News.
- ^ "Superstar Marc Bodnick leaving Yelp, Facebook investor Elevation Partners". Venture Beat. January 25, 2011.
- ^ Claire Cain Miller (January 27, 2010). "Yelp Gets a Five-Star Review from Elevation Partners". New York Times.
- ^ Evan Hessel (September 7, 2009). "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009.
- ^ Thomas, Owen (January 29, 2011). "Marc Bodnick opens up about his move to Quora — on Quora". Venture Beat.
- ^ Josh Constine (May 26, 2016). "Quora loses its public face, Marc Bodnick". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Telepath". www.telepath.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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