Dwight Merriman
Dwight Merriman | |
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Born | |
Education | Miami University |
Occupation | Entrepreneur Racing driver |
Known for | Co-founder of DoubleClick and MongoDB Inc. |
Website | www |
Dwight Merriman is an American Internet executive, racing driver, and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Dwight is on Jordan Taylor's list of no consequences, an honor bestowed on only a select few. Best known for co-founding DoubleClick with Kevin O'Connor[1] and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the Founder and Chairman of MongoDB Inc.[2]
Business career[]
DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for $1.1 billion to Hellman and Friedman LLC, and Merriman stepped down as CTO shortly thereafter. DoubleClick was acquired by Google for $3.1 billion in March 2008.[3]
After leaving DoubleClick, Merriman, along with former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, founded AlleyCorp, a network of affiliated Internet companies, including MongoDB Inc., , Business Insider, and Gilt Groupe.[4]
Despite business duties at MongoDB, Merriman still writes code.[5]
Racing career[]
Merriman begun his racing career in 2018, driving a Volkswagen Golf for Heinlein Racing Development in the Pirelli World Challenge. He would end 9th overall at the end of the season.[6] Two years later, in 2020, Merriman would make his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Era Motorsport alongside drivers Kyle Tilley, Ryan Lewis, and Nicolas Minassian. They would finish 4th in their class, 11th overall.
In 2021, he would return with Era Motorsport to the 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Tilley, Ryan Dalziel, and Paul-Loup Chatin. The group would go on to record 787 laps, winning their class.[7]
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2020 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Era Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 5th |
2021 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Am | Era Motorsport | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 1st |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | Era Motorsport | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
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2020 | Era Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson Technology GK428 V8 | DAY 3 |
DAY | SIR 4 |
ELK 4 |
VIR | ATL 6 |
5th | 92 | ||||||
2021 | Era Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson Technology GK428 V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGI | MOS | LRP | ELK | VIR | LGA | LBH | ATL | 3rd* | 374* |
* Season still in progress
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Engine | Class | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
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2021 | Era Motorsport | Andreas Laskaratos | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | P2 Am | 18 | DUB 1 1 |
DUB 2 1 |
ABU 1 1 |
ABU 2 1 |
1st | 104 |
24 Hours of Daytona results[]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2020 | Era Motorsport | Ryan Lewis | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 800 | 11th | 3rd |
2021 | Era Motorsport | Paul-Loup Chatin | Oreca 07 | LMP2 | 787 | 6th | 1st |
References[]
- ^ Founder stories Kevin O'Connor
- ^ MongoDB leadership
- ^ Google Spends $3.1 Billion To Acquire DoubleClick
- ^ "AlleyCorp Churns Out Grab Bag of Tech Companies"
- ^ 10gen CEO Dwight Merriman still writes his own code[citation needed]
- ^ "Pirelli World Challenge - TCR 2018 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ "01/30/2021 race: Rolex 24 at Daytona (WSCC) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Living people
- American computer businesspeople
- American technology chief executives
- American technology company founders
- Miami University alumni
- Racing drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- 1968 births