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.

Bodnick earned a bachelor's degree in government at Harvard University and a masters in political science at Stanford University, dropping out of the Ph.D. programme.[1]

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]

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. Upon his departure from Elevation, there was a reported dispute over his entitlement to a share of the Elevation partnership's gains in the Facebook stock it held.[7]

High profile users have often commented on his conflicting roles at Quora. [8] Bodnick, his mother Judy Levy Pordes, his wife Michelle Sandberg and her sister Sheryl Sandberg have been selected Quora Top Writers four times, three times, twice and once respectively.

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. ↑ Lyons, Daniel (January 28, 2011). "A Nasty Battle Over Money Is Breaking Up Bono's Silicon Valley Private-Equity Firm, Elevation Partners". The Daily Beast.
  8. ↑ Welch, Scott (September 18, 2015). "Marc Bodnick's Role at Quora".
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