Randy Adams | |
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Born | Bar Harbor, Maine |
Occupation | CEO at Searchme, Inc.[1] |
Randy Adams (born Bar Harbor, Maine, 1952) is a serial entrepreneur funded by Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in the Silicon Valley, and a founder of Funny or Die[1][2][3] and SearchMe.
He was educated at Mount Desert Island High School in Bar Harbor before moving on to MIT, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. [1]
Adams was most recently the CEO of the Sequoia-backed internet search company SearchMe which closed down on July 24, 2009, having failed to raise $50M needed to continue operations.[1] He has lectured at Stanford University on the art of being an entrepreneur.[4]
His former positions include CEO, Emerald City Software, Director of Engineering at Adobe Systems, CEO of Appsoft, Inc., CEO of the Internet Shopping Network, CEO of Navitel, Inc., CEO of AuctionDrop, Inc. [5]and member of the board of directors at Yahoo.[1]
He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and seven children.[1]
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