Pete Cashmore
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| Pete Cashmore | |
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 CEO and founder of Mashable |
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| Born | September 18, 1985 [1] Scotland, Great Britain |
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| Mashable.com | |
Pete Cashmore (born September 18, 1985) is the CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable, a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He grew up in Banchory,[2] and founded Mashable in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2005 at age 19. Cashmore now divides his time between Scotland, San Francisco, and New York.
In 2009, Cashmore was chosen as one of Inc.'s "30 Under 30", Forbes' "Top 25 Web Celebs",[3] and The Huffington Post's "Top 10 Game Changers 2009".[4] He writes a weekly column on technology and social media at CNN.[5]
Cashmore's Twitter is one of Twitter's 40 most-followed pages, with 2 million followers. Pete Cashmore was also crowned by INQ as the most influential Briton and most influential Twitter user in the world in 2009.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/petecashmore?v=info
- ^ Evans, Teri (May 26, 2011). "14 Things You Didn't Know About Mashable's Pete Cashmore". Globe and Mail (Toronto). http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/leadership/article2034695.ece.[dead link]
- ^ Ewalt, David M.. "The Web Celeb 25". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/web-celebrities-internet-technology-webceleb09_0129_top_slide_7.html.
- ^ Leo, Alex (November 6, 2009). "HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Technology?". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/huffpost-game-changers-wh_n_347226.html.
- ^ "Has the iPhone lost its cool?". CNN. May 21, 2010. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/21/cashmore.iphone.cool/index.html?iref=allsearch.
- ^ "INQ’s Twitterati List Revealed". http://www.inqmobile.com/lang/en/blog/twitterati/. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
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