Tim Cadogan is a British-American entrepreneur currently serving as the CEO of

GoFundMe GoFundMe is an American for-profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events ranging from life events such as celebrations and graduations to challenging circumstances like accidents and illnesses. From 2010 to the ...

. Previously he co-founded OpenX and served as its CEO.

Early life and education

Cadogan was born and raised in rural England. He holds a bachelor of science degree from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 mill ...

, a master in philosophy from

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in contin ...

, and is master of business administration from

Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford GSB) is the Postgraduate education, graduate business school of Stanford University, a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California. For several years it ...

Career

Cadogan began his career as a consultant at the

Boston Consulting Group Boston Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) is an American global management consulting firm founded in 1963 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the Big Three (management consultancies), Big Three (or MBB, the world’s three larges ...

and

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

. He then became Vice President of Search at Overture (formerly

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) which was subsequently acquired by

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. At Yahoo!, he led both the advertising and search businesses at from 2003 to 2008. In 2008, Cadogan co-founded OpenX with fellow Yahoo veteran Jason Fairchild and served as its CEO. In January 2020, Cadogan replaced Rob Solomon as the CEO of GoFundMe.

Personal life

Cadogan resides with his family in California.

References

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