Jeffrey Tinsley

Jeffrey Tinsley

Jeffrey Tinsley is an American businessman who is the founder and Chairman and CEO of Reunion.com, Inc. The company is a people search service that allows its users to search profiles from across the web to find friends, classmates, coworkers, friends, and family members to help them stay in touch. In 2002, Tinsley expanded the number of registered users by leading the purchases of HighSchoolAlumni.com and PlanetAlumni.com. [cite web|url=http://www.gobizkc.com/news/news_details.asp?ID=1205|title=Reunion.com Reaches Almost 7 Million Members |date=2002-02-06 |publisher=Gobizkc.com |accessdate=2008-09-30] The company currently reported over 28 million users in April 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070416005670&newsLang=en|title= Reunion.com Receives $25M Funding From Oak Investment Partners |date=2007-04-16|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2008-09-30] He founded the company in 2002 after meeting his wife at their high school reunion.

Previously, Tinsley was the CEO of GreatDomains.com, Inc. where he created a secondary market for domain names and oversaw the sales of domain names through its site. This included the sale of Loans.com for $3 million, ForSaleByOwner.com for $835,000, and Drugs.com for $823,000. [cite web|url=http://www.domainhanbai.com/article/domain_prices_1.htm|title=Bank of America Buys Loans.com for $3 Million at GreatDomains.com in the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Domain Name at Auction |date=2000-02-08|accessdate=2008-09-30] GreatDomains.com went on to be acquired by VeriSign in October of 2000. [cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_45_22/ai_67006206|title=omain Name Seller Sold - GreatDomains.com acquired by VeriSign Inc|date=2000-11-06|publisher=Los Angeles Business Journal|accessdate=2008-09-30]

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External links

* [http://reunion.com/ManagementTeam.do Reunion.com]
* [http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_jeff_tinsley_reunion_com/s-0016466.html Interview with Jeff Tinsley, Reunion.com]


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