Lawrence P. Organ
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Lawrence P. Organ (born November 1959) is a Canadian businessman. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Chicago, Illinois-based Exact Data, acquired in 2021 by Data Axle. Organ has been an entrepreneur focused on the direct marketing industry since 1986 and is credited with starting a number of companies. He is best known for founding the internet properties of FastWeb and JobsOnline which today are owned, respectively, by Monster Worldwide and Acxiom Corporation.
From June, 2009 until May, 2019 Organ served on the board of directors of Clearbrook, a Chicago not-for-profit organization benefiting 7,000 clients with developmental disabilities. Starting February, 2021 Organ became chairman of Lift Foundation, an organization dedicated to developing leadership excellence in motivated and talented youth in Tamil Nadu, India. Organ is also a member of the Killerspin Advisory Board.
Early life[]
Lawrence Organ was born in November 1959 to Leslie and Barbara Organ in Toronto Canada. His family is Jewish.
Education[]
Organ earned his B.A. from Glendon College, at York University, Toronto, in 1985.
Controversy[]
Organ was the topic of a March 27, 2006 Forbes magazine article entitled You Can Surf But You Can't Hide[1] in which the author voiced privacy concerns over ResponderInfo, a product carried by ConsumerBase. That articles lead to discussions in privacy blogs [2] as well as direct marketing sources such as Digital Moses Confidential regarding the lines between privacy and commerce.
References[]
External links[]
- Exact Data Website
- Monster Worldwide, Inc. Website
- FastWeb, LLC Website
- JobsOnline Website
- Acxiom Corporation Website
- Forbes article on Larry Organ
- Article in ChiefMarketer written by Larry Organ
- Article in DM News written by Larry Organ
- Clearbrook Board of Directors
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Businesspeople from Toronto
- Canadian business biography stubs
- American business biography, 1950s birth stubs