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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