Gideon Stein (born December 19, 1971, in Washington, D.C.) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Executive Chairman of Write Label,[1][2] an AI-based and crowd-sourced platform for short-form writing, President of The Moriah Fund,[3] and Chairman of Civic News Company. He is the former vice chairman of the board of Success Academy Charter Schools, a high-performing charter school management organization in New York City.
Education edit
Stein graduated with honors from Wesleyan University with a degree in economics and history. He attended St Edmund Hall at Oxford University as a visiting scholar in development economics and European history.
Career edit
Stein is the Executive Chairman of Write Label, an AI-powered, crowd-sourced platform for short-form writing. He was the founder and CEO of LightSail Education, an adaptive literacy solution for K-12.[4] Stein was the founder, chairman and CEO of Omnipod, Inc.,[5] a leading on-demand provider of real-time messaging to the enterprise market, until its sale in 2005 to MessageLabs Group, Ltd.,[6] one of the world’s largest private software companies (and now a division of Symantec). Stein was a founding partner of MR Ventures, a private investment firm with a portfolio of companies concentrated in media, commerce and software. Stein also served on the board of directors of the Real Silk Investment Company,[7] a publicly traded regulated investment company, until its sale to Lord Abbett Affiliated Funds.[8]
Philanthropy edit
In May 2019, Stein became the President of his family's private foundation, The Moriah Fund.[3] Stein is the Chairman of Civic News Company, the leading non-profit publisher of Chalkbeat, Votebeat, and Healthbeat.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Home". Writelabel.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Leading Creative Writing Service Provider Comedywire Announces Rebranding to Write Label". StreetInsider.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Home". Moriahfund.org. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Literacy Development Solution to promote Lexile Reading Growth". Lightsailed.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Omnipod CEO Gideon Stein Speaks on IM Networks". Ecommercetimes.com. 22 November 2004.
- ^ "MessageLabs To Acquire Omnipod". 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-09-28. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "SEC Info". Secinfo.com.
- ^ "SEC Info". Secinfo.com.
- ^ "About Chalkbeat". Chalkbeat.org. 6 April 2020.