Phil Libin (Russian: Филлип Либин) was born February 1, 1972 in Leningrad, USSR[1] and moved to America when he was eight years old.[2] He was CEO of the Silicon Valley software company Evernote from 2007 to 2015, then became Executive Chairman of Evernote's board.[3][4] In September 2015, Libin joined General Catalyst Partners as its fourth general partner in Silicon Valley.[5] In September 2016, Libin stepped down as Executive Chairman of Evernote's board of directors to focus on his role at General Catalyst Partners.[4]
Currently, Libin runs the Startup "mmhmm" and the startup studio All Turtles.[6] Libin is a proponent of the benefits of hybrid and remote work and resides in Bentonville, Arkansas.[7]
Before joining Evernote, Libin founded and was president of CoreStreet, a company that provided credential and identity management technologies to governments and large corporations. In 2009, CoreStreet was acquired by ActivIdentity,[8] now owned by HID Global.[9] Libin was also the founder and CEO of Engine 5, a Boston-based Internet software development company acquired by Vignette Corporation (VIGN) in 2000 for $26 million.[10] Post-acquisition, Libin ws principal architect and chief technologist for applications at Vignette.
Libin graduated from The Bronx High School of Science in 1989 and attended Boston University with a concentration in Computer Science,[11] but left just before graduating to focus on his plans to launch a software company.[12] In 2019, he returned to BU to finish his degree[13] and now sits on the BU University Advisory Board.[14]
Libin has a chapter advising Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
References
edit- ^ Software Designers～The People Behind the Code
- ^ tory-with-ceo-phil-libin/ Evernote's Amazing Success Story with CEO Phil Libin
- ^ Evernote Executive Team Page Archived 2013-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Exclusive: Phil Libin and Max Levchin Leave Evernote Board". Fortune. 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
- ^ Loizos, Connie (16 September 2015). "Phil Libin On Joining General Catalyst As Its Newest General Partner". www.techcrunch.com.
- ^ "Evernote founder Phil Libin left Silicon Valley for Arkansas and thinks remote working may be the biggest societal change of his lifetime". Business Insider.
- ^ Levy, Ari (2021-03-27). "Why this tech entrepreneur left the Bay Area for Arkansas and closed his offices for good". CNBC. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
- ^ ActivIdentity Buys CoreStreet
- ^ HID Buys Actividentity
- ^ Evernote's Phil Libin: The modest $1bn boss 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014
- ^ BU Computer Science Hall of Fame
- ^ Smale, Will (2014-03-03). "Evernote's self-deprecating boss". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
- ^ Lewis, Andrew (2021-12-07). "Phil Libin of mmhmm: All The Screen's a Stage". Sequoia Capital. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ "Members of the University Advisory Board » Trustees | Boston University". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-11.