Marc Bodnick

Marc Adam Bodnick (born May 17, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known as a co-founder of Elevation Partners.

Education

Bodnick earned a bachelor's degree in government at Harvard University and a masters in political science at Stanford University.[1]

Employment

Bodnick was a founding principal of Silver Lake Partners.[1] He also worked at Blackstone Group.[1] In 2003 he co-founded Elevation Partners, along with Bono and a number of Silicon Valley investors and executives. As Managing Director, he was credited with reversing the poor performance of the fund's first fund,[2] by leading a total of $210 million of investment in Facebook (where his sister-in-law Sheryl Sandberg, is Chief Operating Officer)[3] and a $100 million investment in Yelp, Inc.[1][4][5]

Executive Roles

In early 2011 he was recruited to become an executive at Quora, a question-and-answer website founded by friends of his, after becoming an early beta member and prominent contributor,[6] asking and answering questions on a wide range of technical as well as nontechnical subjects. In May 2016 he announced that he was leaving his executive position at Quora.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Frommer, Dan (January 26, 2011). "Meet Quora's New Grown-Up: Elevation Partners' Marc Bodnick". Business Insider.
  2. ↑ Chris Obrien (January 8, 2011). "Marc Bodnick, Facebook and Elevation Partner's social media success". San Jose Mercury News.
  3. ↑ Evan Hessel (September 7, 2009). "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg". Forbes.
  4. ↑ "Superstar Marc Bodnick leaving Yelp, Facebook investor Elevation Partners". Venture Beat. January 25, 2011.
  5. ↑ Claire Cain Miller (January 27, 2010). "Yelp Gets a Five-Star Review from Elevation Partners". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Owen (January 29, 2011). "Marc Bodnick opens up about his move to Quora — on Quora". Venture Beat.
  7. ↑ Josh Constine (May 26, 2016). "Quora loses its public face, Marc Bodnick". TechCrunch.
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