David O. Sacks

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David O. Sacks is a leader in the Web 2.0 space. He is the founder and CEO of Web 2.0 companies Geni, Inc. and Yammer.

[edit] Biography

Sacks attended Memphis University School in Memphis, Tennessee.[citation needed]

David O. Sacks is the Founder and CEO of Yammer, Inc. Sacks was previously the COO of PayPal until its acquisition by eBay. Subsequently, he founded Geni.com, a family tree building and networking website. He also produced and financed the movie Thank You For Smoking. He has a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.[1]

On 25 May 2006, Sacks was interviewed in an episode of Venture Voice.[2]

On 7 July 2007, Sacks married Jacqueline Tortorice.[citation needed]

On 8 September 2008, Sacks launched Yammer at TechCrunch50.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Yammer Board Members". Yammer. https://www.yammer.com/about/board. Retrieved December 19, 2009. 
  2. ^ Galant, Greg (2006-05-25). VV Show #34 - David O. Sacks, Co-Founder of PayPal and Producer of Thank You For Smoking. Retrieved from http://www.venturevoice.com/2006/05/david_o_sacks.html.
  3. ^ Schonfeld, Erick (2008-09-08). Yammer Launches at TC50: Twitter For Companies. TechCrunch. Retrieved from http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/yammer-launches-at-tc50-twitter-for-companies.

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