Marc Cenedella (born September 15, 1970) is an American businessman and political candidate. He is the founding-CEO of Ladders, Inc., a United States-based company. He is also the founder of social app Knozen and has authored or co-authored several books.

Education

Cenedella graduated with a B.A. in political science from

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in 1992. He also earned an MBA from

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in 1992, where he was named a Baker Scholar.

Career

Early in his career, Cenedella founded Forbes Pacifica Trading Company, an import-export business. He sold his interest in the company after graduating from

. Cenedella also worked for The Riverside Company, eventually becoming associate vice president of the organization. In 2000, Cenedella joined

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, eventually becoming Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations. At the end of 2001, Cenedella orchestrated the sale of HotJobs to

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for $436 million. Soon after leaving

, Cenedella teamed up with Alexandre Douzet and Andrew Koch, to create an online job search service aimed at $100K+ professionals. The company was launched under the name The Ladders in August 2003. On October 10, 2011, then

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Mayor

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announced that Cenedella was part of his ten-strong "Council on Tech" to help drive the city toward greater tech growth. In 2012, Cenedella was laying the groundwork for a United States Senate campaign in New York for the seat held by Kirsten E. Gillibrand, but decided not to run after some allegedly racy blog posts were found on his website. In 2014, Cenedella launched a social mobile app called Knozen. Cenedella is a writer and contributor to ''Muck Rack'', an aggregator of articles and news to sites like

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, and

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. In 2022, Cenedella announced that he is running in the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York's 23rd District, however he withdrew before the primary.

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