Phil Libin
Phil Libin (1972[1]) was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1972, and moved to America when he was 8 years old.[2] He served as CEO of the Silicon Valley-based software company Evernote from 2007 to 2015, and currently serves as Executive Chairman.[3][4] In September 2015, Libin joined General Catalyst Partners as its fourth general partner in Silicon Valley. [5]
Prior to joining Evernote, Libin founded and served as president of CoreStreet, a company that provided credential and identity management technologies to governments and large corporations. In 2009, CoreStreet was acquired by ActivIdentity,[6] now owned by HID Global.[7] Libin was also founder and CEO of Engine 5, a Boston-based Internet software development company acquired by Vignette Corporation (VIGN) in 2000 for $26 million.[8] Post-acquisition, Libin served as principal architect and chief technologist for applications at Vignette.
Libin graduated from Bronx Science in 1989 and attended Boston University with a concentration in Computer Science,[9] but did not complete his degree.
References
- ↑ Software Designers～The People Behind the Code
- ↑ Evernote’s Amazing Success Story with CEO Phil Libin
- ↑ Crunchbase profile for Phil Libin Retrieved 19 October 2015
- ↑ Evernote Executive Team Page
- ↑ Loizos, Connie. "Phil Libin On Joining General Catalyst As Its Newest General Partner". www.techcrunch.com.
- ↑ ActivIdentity Buys CoreStreet
- ↑ HID Buys Actividentity
- ↑ Evernote's Phil Libin: The modest $1bn boss 3 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014
- ↑ BU Computer Science Hall of Fame