1. Jon Oringer was born on May 2,1974 and is an American programmer, photographer, and billionaire businessman, best known as the founder and CEO of Shutterstock, a stock media company headquartered in New York City.
12 Facts About Jon Oringer
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In 2003, Jon Oringer founded Shutterstock to provide microstock photography, which has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2012.
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Jon Oringer was born in 1974 in Scarsdale, New York, where he spent his childhood.
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Jon Oringer estimates that he founded about ten small startup companies, most of which had Jon Oringer as the sole employee.
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Funding Shutterstock entirely with his savings, Jon Oringer rented a 600-square-foot office in New York for the company and initially handled all roles himself, including customer service.
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Jon Oringer advertised Shutterstock on platforms such as Google AdWords.
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In May 2012, Jon Oringer brought Shutterstock public after filing for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, which it completed on October 17,2012.
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In 2014, Jon Oringer spoke at 2014 Class Day at the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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In January 2015, Jon Oringer oversaw Shutterstock's acquisition of both Rex Features, Europe's largest independent photo press agency, and PremiumBeat, a stock music and sound effects service.
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In February 2020, Jon Oringer announced that he would be stepping down as Shutterstock CEO effective April 2020, and would become executive chairman.
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Jon Oringer has been recognized with a number of business awards, and in 2009 he was selected 41st on the Silicon Alley 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and technologists in Manhattan.
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In 2020, Jon Oringer paid $42 million for a Miami Beach mansion, marking a record on North Bay Road.