Robert Hohman (born 1970/71) is the co-founder and chairman of

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, the jobs and recruiting site, which was acquired by Recruit Holdings in 2018. Hohman was CEO of Glassdoor from 2007 to 2020.

Early life and education

Hohman grew up in a

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family near Canton, Ohio. He began writing software at age 12. He spent summers earning money on his grandparents' farm baling hay in order to buy memory for his

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computer. By high school, he was writing

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code for an accounting firm. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Hohman and

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co-founded Victory Briefs, the largest debate camp organizer in North America.

Career

Hohman joined

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in 1993 and as a software developer and participated in the team that built

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. In 2006, he quit his job as president of

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to do nothing but play ''

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'' for a year — after hitting the maximum level, he quit and started

. Hohman is a passionate competitor in ''

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''.

Gaming

Hohman is a passionate competitor in ''League of Legends''. He is a minority owner of the North American

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organization

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References

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