Dwight Merriman

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Dwight Merriman
EducationMiami University[1]
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of DoubleClick and MongoDB Inc.
Websitewww.mongodb.com

Dwight Merriman is an American Internet executive and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for co-founding DoubleClick with Kevin O'Connor[2] and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the Founder and Chairman of MongoDB Inc.[3]

DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for $1.1 billion to Hellman and Friedman LLC, and Merriman stepped down as CTO shortly thereafter. DoubleClick was acquired by Google for $3.1 billion in March 2008.[4]

After leaving DoubleClick, Merriman, along with former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, founded AlleyCorp, a network of affiliated Internet companies, including MongoDB Inc., ShopWiki, Business Insider, and Gilt Groupe.[5]

Despite business duties at MongoDB, Merriman still writes code.[6]

References

  1. ^ Crunchbase Profile
  2. ^ Founder stories Kevin O'Connor
  3. ^ MongoDB leadership
  4. ^ Google Spends $3.1 Billion To Acquire DoubleClick
  5. ^ "AlleyCorp Churns Out Grab Bag of Tech Companies"
  6. ^ 10gen CEO Dwight Merriman still writes his own code[citation needed]
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