Pete Cashmore
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{{Short description|Scottish businessman (born 1985)}}
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| name = Pete Cashmore
| image = Pete Cashmore 2012 Shankbone.JPG
| caption = Cashmore at the 2012 Time 100 gala
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|9|18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bookoflifeall.com/articles/details.asp?aID=10600& |title=SO WHAT DO YOU DO, PETE CASHMORE, MASHABLE FOUNDER AND CEO? |publisher=Mediabistro |date=19 August 2009 |first=Joe |last=Ciarallo |access-date=2 December 2014 }}
| birth_place = Banchory, Scotland
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| website = {{url|https://masterverse.io/|Masterverse.io}}
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Pete Cashmore (born 18 September 1985{{r|mediabistro}}) is the founder and former CEO of the media and entertainment company Mashable,{{cite web|title=Pete Cashmore|url=http://mashable.com/people/petecashmore/|website=Mashable|access-date=27 October 2014}} He grew up in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/leadership/14-things-you-didnt-know-about-mashables-pete-cashmore/article4260668/ |title=14 Things You Didn't Know About Mashable's Pete Cashmore |work=The Globe and Mail |date=26 May 2011 |location=Toronto |url-status=dead |first=Teri |last=Evans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617033432/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-managing/leadership/14-things-you-didnt-know-about-mashables-pete-cashmore/article4260668/ |archive-date=17 June 2013 }} and founded Mashable in Aberdeenshire in 2005 when he was 19.
Biography
In 2009, Cashmore was recognized in Inc.
In 2011, Cashmore was chosen as World Economic Forum 2011 Young Global Leader{{Cite web |title=Pete Cashmore |url=https://weforum.org/people/pete-cashmore/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240222222404/https://www.weforum.org/people/pete-cashmore/ |archive-date=2024-02-22 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=World Economic Forum |language=en}}
Cashmore previously wrote a weekly column on technology and social media for CNN.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/21/cashmore.iphone.cool/index.html?iref=allsearch | work=CNN | title=Has the iPhone lost its cool? | date=21 May 2010}} In 2012, Cashmore made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people.{{citation |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112136,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419073220/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2112136,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2012 |title=Pete Cashmore - Time 100 2012 |last=Milano |first=Alyssa |author-link=Alyssa Milano |date=18 April 2012}}
In 2017, Mashable was sold to Ziff Davis for 50 million dollars, and over 50 staff members were laid off.{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/05/mashable-laying-off-50-people-as-it-refocuses-toward-tech-news-after-fire-sale-to-ziff-davis/|title=Mashable laying off 50 people as it refocuses toward tech news after fire sale to Ziff Davis|work=TechCrunch|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en-US}}
In November 2018, after his social media profiles were edited to include "Now: Taking some time off and working on something new," it was announced that Cashmore would be leaving Mashable at the end of the year. The general manager of Ziff Davis Tech (Mashable's parent company), Mike Finnerty, confirmed this.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/11/16/pete-cashmore-leave-mashable-end-year|title=Pete Cashmore to leave Mashable at end of year|work=The Drum|access-date=2018-11-19|language=en}}
Personal life
he is based in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
References
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External links
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- {{Facebook|petecashmore}}
- [https://linkedin.com/in/petecashmore/ Pete Cashmore] on LinkedIn
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