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Jonathan Sposato (born March 17, 1967) [1] is an American businessman. He is the chairman and co-founder of Geekwire, an American technology news website, the CEO of the PicMonkey, and investor in companies including Pokitdok, EveryMove and Vizify. [2] He founded, grew and sold two companies ( Picnik and Phatbits) to Google. [3] [4] [5]
Early life and career
Sposato graduated from Whitman College in 1989 and serves on the Whitman College Board of Trustees. [6] [7] Sposato is also the author of Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products and Profit. [8] [9]
Personal life
The University of Washington his Sposato's efforts around gender equality in 2017 with its "Man of Integrity Award." [10] Seattle Business Magazine profiled him as one of Seattle's most influential people of 2015. [11]
Sposato is the co-chair of United Way of King County's fundraising campaign to address homelessness in Seattle. [12] [13]
References
- ^ Sposato, Jonathan, 1967- information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ^ "About Jonathan Sposato". Entrepreneur.com. Entrepreneur Media, Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "GeekWire VIP Party". Northwest Asian Weekly. Assunta Ng. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Cook, John. "Jonathan Sposato leaves Google as Picnik winds down". GeekWire. GeekWire. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Seattle online hitmaker Jonathan Sposato shares his next big thing". MyNorthwest. Bonneville International. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Foster, Michelle. "Tech icon Jonathan Sposato '89 urges inclusive workplace". Whitman College. Whtiman College. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Soper, Taylor. "Whitman College raises $8M from Microsoft, other donors to launch computer science program". GeekWire. GeekWire. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Sposato, Jonathan (December 11, 2017). Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products and Profit (1st ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 208. ISBN 9781119452188.
- ^ Pak, Samantha. "Book Review: Better Together - 8 Ways Working with Women Lead to Extraordinary Products and Profits". Assunta Ng. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Foster, Michelle. "Tech icon Jonathan Sposato '89 urges inclusive workplace". Whitman College. Whitman College.
- ^ Wogan, Lisa. "Seattle's Most Influential People of 2015". Seattle Magazine. Tiger Oak. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Sposato, Jonathan. "The tents will not go away until the state helps fund services". The Seattle Times. Frank A. Blethan. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Matthews, Todd. "How Some Visionary Seattleites are Helping the Homeless". Seattle Magazine. Tiger Oaks Media. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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