Pete Cashmore (born 18 September 1985) is the founder and former CEO of the popular media and entertainment company, publication and digital platform

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, which started as a

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Top 10 blog worldwide. He grew up in

Banchory Banchory (, sco, Banchry, gd, Beannchar) is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is about west of Aberdeen, near where the Feugh River meets the River Dee. Prehistory and archaeology In 2009, a farmer discovered a short cist bu ...

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, and founded Mashable in Aberdeenshire in 2005 when he was 19.

Biography

In 2009, Cashmore was recognized in '' Inc.'''s "30 Under 30", ''

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''' "Top 25 Web Celebs", and ''

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s "Top 10 Game Changers 2009". Cashmore was also named the most influential Briton and most influential Twitter user in the world in 2009 by INQ. Cashmore previously wrote a weekly column on technology and social media for

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. In 2012, Cashmore made

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's list of the 100 most influential people. In 2017, Mashable was sold to

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for 50 million dollars, and over 50 staff members were laid off. In November 2018, after his social media profiles were edited to include "Now: Taking some time off and working on something new," it was announced that Cashmore would be leaving

at the end of the year. The general manager of Ziff Davis Tech (Mashable's parent company), Mike Finnerty, confirmed this. In November 2022, Cashmore launched ''Masterverse.io'', an e-learning platform that educates people about

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* * 1985 births Living people People educated at Banchory Academy People from Banchory Scottish bloggers Scottish businesspeople Place of birth missing (living people) Scottish expatriates in the United States Scottish columnists British technology writers {{Scotland-writer-stub