Alex Algard
Alex Algard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975 (age 46–47) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Co-founder of CarDomain.com (1998) Founder of Whitepages.com (1996) CEO of Hiya (2016) |
Alex Algard is an Internet entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of CarDomain, the founder and former CEO of Whitepages.com, and the founder and current CEO of Hiya.
Biography[]
His father was Swedish and his mother was Korean.[1]
Algard has a BA degree in Economics (1996) and a MS degree in Engineering (1998) from Stanford University.[2][3]
Career[]
Whitepages[]
Algard founded Whitepages in 1996 after purchasing the domain name for $900. He began the business by developing an online database of phone numbers. The website began to generate significant revenue through advertisements, hitting $66 million a year by 2008.[4]
Personal life[]
When he was a teenager, his family moved to Vancouver, B.C.[5]
References[]
- ^ Feldman, Amy (August 23, 2016)"Alex Algard Risked Everything To Turn His Struggling Firm, Whitepages, Into A Growing Tech Company Forbes.com". Retrieved Apr 26, 2017.
- ^ Feldman, Amy (September 9, 2016). "White Pages Founder Alex Algard Gives Up CEO Slot There To Focus On Caller ID Spinoff". Forbes.
- ^ Day, Matt (September 16, 2016). "Whitepages gets new CEO as founder steps down to focus on spinout company". Seattle Times.
- ^ Broberg, Brad (September 30, 2007). "Founder returns to Whitepages.com". GeekWire.
- ^ Feldman, Amy (August 3, 2016). "Alex Algard risked everything to turn his struggling firm Whitepages into a growing tech company". Forbes.
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Businesspeople from Seattle
- Canadian businesspeople
- Stanford University School of Engineering alumni
- Swedish businesspeople