Jeff Seely
Jeff Seely is the Chairman of the Space Needle Corporation. Prior to that he was the chief executive of Recruiting.com, Inc. from 2007 to 2010. He had been an executive in the securities industry, and was chairman and chief executive officer of ShareBuilder Corporation.
In 1999, Seely created ShareBuilder Securities as an online brokerage to serve middle market investors and to encourage people to start investing and save regularly. The firm managed over 2 million accounts when it was acquired in 2007. ShareBuilder's innovative method of aggregating customer trades and enabling automatic dollar-based investing was awarded a patent by the USPTO.[1] He left the firm when ING Direct bought Sharebuilder in 2007.[2][3][4]
Seely then joined Recruiting.com as CEO in 2007. He left the job-searching software service when it was sold to Jobing.com in 2010.[5]
Seely served as a trustee on the Washington State Investment Board for 15 years until 2018, and was a Director of Concur until its sale in 2014. He is a director of The Space Needle Corporation, Delta Dental of Washington, SpringRock Ventures and Lighter Capital, Inc.. He holds a BA degree from St. Lawrence University, 1976 and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, 1980.[4]
He is married to Kim Brown Seely.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "United States Patent 8,682,771".
- ^ "A little at a time adds up". Archived from the original on 2004-11-08. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Acohido, Byron (2005-09-01). "Dot-com gives small investors a leg up". USA Today.
- ^ a b "Executive Team". Share Builder. Archived from the original on 2007-09-09. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ Cook, John (2010-10-25). "Recruiting.com finds a buyer". Puget Sound Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "MISS BROWN, AN EDITOR, IS WED TO JEFFREY SEELY (Published 1987)". The New York Times. 27 September 1987. Retrieved 20 October 2020.