Dwight Merriman is an American Internet executive, racing driver, and entrepreneur in New York City's

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. Best known for co-founding

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with Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves as the founder and chairman of MongoDB Inc.

Business career

DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for $1.1 billion to Hellman and Friedman LLC, and Merriman stepped down as CTO shortly thereafter. DoubleClick was acquired by

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for $3.1 billion in March 2008. After leaving DoubleClick, Merriman, along with former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, founded AlleyCorp, a network of affiliated Internet companies, including MongoDB Inc., ShopWiki,

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, and

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. Despite business duties at MongoDB, Merriman still writes code.

Racing career

Merriman begun his racing career in 2018, driving a Volkswagen Golf for Heinlein Racing Development in the

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. He would end 9th overall at the end of the season. Two years later, in 2020, Merriman would make his debut in the

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for Era Motorsport alongside drivers

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, Ryan Lewis, and

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. They would finish 4th in their class, 11th overall. In 2021, he would return with Era Motorsport to the 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Tilley,

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, and

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. The group would go on to record 787 laps, winning their class.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key)(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class) * Season still in progress

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

24 Hours of Daytona results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merriman, Dwight Living people American computer businesspeople American technology chief executives American technology company founders Miami University alumni American racing drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers 1968 births