Jonathan Cardella is an entrepreneur and businessman, who is best known as Founder and Chairman o
Ventive(which was named in the
Inc. 5000
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in 20182022) and Founder & CEO of its sister company
Strike Tax Advisory He formerly owned Ski West, which was sold to
Overstock.com
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and renamed Overstock Travel in 2005; he was retained as CEO. He also served as
CIO
CIO may refer to:
Organizations
* Central Imagery Office, a predecessor of the American National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
* Central Intelligence Office, the national intelligence agency of the former Republic of Vietnam
* Central Intellige ...
of
FixYa.
Jonathan also founded and operated NeighborCity, as its CEO, which was an innovative real estate tech company that rated, ranked and recommended residential real estate agents to homebuyers and sellers. NorthstarMLS and Berkshire Hathaway Home Services sued NeighborCity and Cardella for allegedly violating copyright law by using Northstar MLS's and Berkshire Hathaways Home Service's real estate listing data without permission. The claims against Cardella were dismissed and all remaining claims were settled without admission of fault.
NeighborCity's case was instrumental in paving the way for real estate startups and technology companies to safely utilize MLS data, while also bringing to light the alleged anti-competitive practices of the National Association of Realtors, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Nortstar MLS, and related MLSs.
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American businesspeople in real estate
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American chief executives
Chief information officers