Benjamin Bejbaum
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Benjamin Bejbaum | |
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| Born | November 20, 1976 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Co-Founder & Former CEO of Dailymotion |
| Website | www |
Benjamin Bejbaum is a French entrepreneur and computer programmer, who is particularly known for being co-founder of Dailymotion video-sharing site with Olivier Poitrey.[1] He was the CEO of the company. During that time, he was responsible for the strategy of the start-up.
Life and education
[edit]Bejbaum was born into a Jewish immigrant family on November 20, 1976, in Paris. His father was from Poland and his mother from Tunisia.[2] He attended Gérard de Nerval High School, Luzarches (Val-d'Oise). He then enrolled at the university in Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis) to study applied mathematics and information sciences.[3]
DailyMotion
[edit]In March 2005, Bejbaum founded Dailymotion, along with Olivier Poitrey. A year later, the video site got $9.5 million from Atlas Ventures and Partech International a year later. After hiring Zaleski from QXL as executive chairman, he got $34 million led by Adventure Partners and AGF Private Equity in August 2007.[4]
In December 2008, Benjamin Bejbaum left the day-to-day operations at the company while Mark Zalesky took his position.[5] After that, he continued on the board of the start-up.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Mawad, Marie. "Vivendi's Dailymotion Talks Advance as France Demands EU Bid". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Pan Yuk (June 26, 2007). "A video start-up on fast-forward". Financial Times. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Benjamin Bejbaum: Young provocative, former CEO of Dailymotion / Favorangels". favorangels.com. 2015-10-03. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Andrews, Robert (2008-06-15). "Industry Moves: Dailymotion Co-Founder Bejbaum Steps Aside". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ Andrews, Robert (2008-06-15). "Industry Moves: Dailymotion Co-Founder Bejbaum Steps Aside". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
- ^ "Farewell to DailyMotion's co-creator Benjamin Bejbaum". Fred Destin. 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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