Dennis Crowley (born June 19, 1976) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking sites

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and

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Education

Crowley was born in

Medway, Massachusetts Medway is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The town had a population of 13,115 at the 2020 census. History Medway (originally Midway) was first settled in 1657 and was officially incorporated in 1713. At that time, Medway b ...

to Mary Moraski Crowley and Dennis P Crowley. He graduated from

Xaverian Brothers High School , motto_translation = To bear witness to the truth in brotherhood , accreditation = New England Association of Schools and Colleges , rival = St. John's Prep , mascot = Hawk , mascot image = , sports ...

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in 1994. He received a B.A. in 1998 from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a M.P.S. master's degree in 2004 from

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Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).

Career

After graduating from Syracuse, Crowley worked as a researcher for Jupiter Communications, but lost his job during the

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and moved home to

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for seven months. In 2000, he joined mobile app provider Vindigo as a product developer. In 2003, Crowley co-founded

with fellow student Alex Rainert while attending

. Dodgeball was acquired by

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in 2005. After Google abandoned the Dodgeball project in 2007, Crowley found work at a company called Area/Code where he met

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and co-founded Foursquare in 2009. Foursquare, known for its location intelligence offerings for both enterprises and consumers, is used by more than 50 million people every month. In January 2016, after 7 years as CEO, Crowley handed the role of CEO to Jeff Glueck and became Executive Chairman of the company. He was an adjunct professor in New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.

Awards

Crowley has been named one of Fortune Magazine's "40 Under 40" (2010 & 2011),) was featured on Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" list (2011 & 2012), and was named to the

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...

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'' "

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" as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35 (2005). In 2012, Crowley received the ''George Arents Award'' for Excellence in Social Media Innovation from Syracuse University.

Personal life

Crowley married Chelsa Lynn Skees at Buttermilk Falls Inn in Milton, N.Y. Sarah Simmons, a

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minister, officiated. Crowley is also the Founder and Chairman of

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, a semi-professional soccer team in the Hudson Valley region of the state of New York that competes in the 4th division of the

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. In 2014 Crowley admitted to producing a fraudulent Boston Marathon bib for his wife, Chelsa Crowley, to use. He apologized for his actions. In a statement, Crowley admitted what he had done had "overshadowed the event for those who ran and those who ran to honor others".

Appearances

Crowley delivered the commencement speech at the

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in 2011. He was a keynote speaker at the 2015 Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crowley, Dennis Living people American computer businesspeople S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni 1976 births People from Medway, Massachusetts 21st-century American businesspeople American technology chief executives American technology company founders Xaverian Brothers High School alumni