Kevin O'Connor (entrepreneur)
- Kevin O'Connor (entrepreneur)
Kevin O'Connor (born April 4, 1961, in Livonia, Michigan (a suburb outside Detroit)[cite web|title=Kevin O' Connor Biography (1961-)|url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542213|publisher=Biography Channel] ) is a co-founder of DoubleClick, an Internet advertisement-technology company, and the founder of O'Connor Ventures.]He received his bachelor's degree in 1983 from the University of Michigan
Due to the growth of the nascent World Wide Web, O' Connor quit DCA in 1995. During 1995 O'Connor met Chris Klaus who had just started Internet Security Systems (ISS). O'Connor was the initial investor and recruited Tom Noonan to be CEO. ISS went public in 1999 and was sold to IBM Corp. for $1.4bb in 2006. In late 1995 O'Connor began DoubleClick with Dwight Merriman in O'Connor's basement in Alpharetta, Georgia (a northern suburb outside Atlanta), eventually moving the company to New York City to be closer to media companies and advertising agencies
In 2007, Google announced their intention to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion [cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/14/technology/14deal.html?em&ex=1176696000&en=24137cc70d448629&ei=5087%0A|title=Google Buys an Online Ad Firm for $3.1 Billion|author=Louise Story and Miguel Helft|date=2007-04-14|publisher="New York Times"]
He is also co-author of the book "The Map of Innovation: Creating Something Out of Nothing" (ISBN 1400048311), which was published in 2003.
Today, Kevin O'Connor runs the venture capital firm O'Connor Ventures (www.oconnorventures.com) where he invests in early stage companies which include [http://www.9star.com 9Star] , [http://www.travidia.com Travidia] , [http://www.procore.com ProCore] and CampusExplorer.
External references
* [http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542213 Biography Channel entry]
* [http://www.oconnorventures.com/ O'Connor Ventures] Kevin is a Graduate of Detroit Catholic Central High School .
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