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American-born internet entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amit Kapur is an American-born internet entrepreneur. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of WhoCo, a technology company focused on hiring and recruiting. He is best known as co-founder of technology start-up Gravity[1] and as the former chief operating officer at MySpace.[2]
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Amit grew up in Huron, South Dakota. He then graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
After graduation, Kapur worked at NBC Universal in their planning and digital strategy department.[3] Kapur joined MySpace in 2005 and was in charge of the development of MySpace Music and MySpace mobile. He was named chief operating officer of the company in January 2008.[4]
In 2009, Kapur along with 2 other MySpace employees, Jim Benedetto and Steve Pearman, left the company[5] to found Santa Monica-based Gravity.[6] They raised $10 million in Series A funding in May 2009[7] and another $10.6 million in Series B funding in October 2012.[8]
Gravity was acquired by AOL in January 2014.[9][10] After the acquisition, Kapur was named President of AOL's publisher platform where he remained until 2017.[11]
In early 2019, Kapur co-founded Santa Monica-based WhoCo, a technology startup focused on hiring and recruiting, alongside former Google and AOL executive Tim Armstrong.[12]
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