Marc Bodnick

Marc Adam Bodnick (born May 17, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, best known as a co-founder of Elevation Partners.

Marc Bodnick
Born
Marc Adam Bodnick

(1969-05-17) 17 May 1969
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Stanford University
Known forCo-founding Elevation Partners

Education

Bodnick earned a bachelor's degree in government at Harvard University and a master's degree in political science at Stanford University.[1]

Employment

Bodnick is a founding principal of Silver Lake Partners.[1] He also worked at Blackstone Group and Kroll.[1] In 2003, he co-founded Elevation Partners, along with Bono and a number of Silicon Valley investors and executives. As Managing Director, he was credited with reversing the poor performance of the fund's first fund,[2] with a $210 million investment in Facebook and a $100 million investment in Yelp, Inc.[1][3][4] His sister-in-law, Sheryl Sandberg, is Chief Operating Officer of Facebook.[5]

Quora

In early 2011, Bodnick was recruited to lead the business and community team at Quora, a question-and-answer website founded by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever, after becoming an early beta tester and contributor.[6] In May 2016, he announced that he was leaving his position at Quora.[7]

Telepath

After leaving Quora, Bodnick co-founded Telepath.com, an interest-based social network. Telepath was in private beta for a time,[8] but the website is no longer available since 2022.

References
  1. Frommer, Dan (January 26, 2011). "Meet Quora's New Grown-Up: Elevation Partners' Marc Bodnick". Business Insider.
  2. Chris Obrien (January 8, 2011). "Marc Bodnick, Facebook and Elevation Partner's social media success". San Jose Mercury News.
  3. "Superstar Marc Bodnick leaving Yelp, Facebook investor Elevation Partners". Venture Beat. January 25, 2011.
  4. Claire Cain Miller (January 27, 2010). "Yelp Gets a Five-Star Review from Elevation Partners". New York Times.
  5. Evan Hessel (September 7, 2009). "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg". Forbes. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009.
  6. Thomas, Owen (January 29, 2011). "Marc Bodnick opens up about his move to Quora — on Quora". Venture Beat.
  7. Josh Constine (May 26, 2016). "Quora loses its public face, Marc Bodnick". TechCrunch.
  8. "Telepath". www.telepath.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.


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