Pete Cashmore

Pete Cashmore

Cashmore at the 2012 Time 100 gala
Born 18 September 1985[1]
Banchory, Scotland
Website
Mashable.com

Pete Cashmore (born 18 September 1985) is the CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable,[2] a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide.[3] He grew up in Banchory,[4] and founded Mashable in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2005 at age 19.[5]

In 2009, Cashmore was recognized in Inc.'s "30 Under 30", Forbes' "Top 25 Web Celebs",[6] and The Huffington Post's "Top 10 Game Changers 2009".[7] He writes a weekly column on technology and social media at CNN.[8] In 2012, Cashmore made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people.[9]

Pete Cashmore was also crowned by INQ as the most influential Briton and most influential Twitter user in the world in 2009.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Ciarallo, Joe (19 August 2009). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, PETE CASHMORE, MASHABLE FOUNDER AND CEO?". Mediabistro. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pete Cashmore". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Technorati Top 100 (1–25)
  4. ↑ Evans, Teri (26 May 2011). "14 Things You Didn't Know About Mashable's Pete Cashmore". Globe and Mail (Toronto).
  5. ↑ "Pete Cashmore". Mashable. Mashable. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Ewalt, David M. "The Web Celeb 25". Forbes.
  7. ↑ Leo, Alex (6 November 2009). "HuffPost Game Changers: Who Is The Ultimate Game Changer In Technology?". Huffington Post.
  8. ↑ "Has the iPhone lost its cool?". CNN. 21 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Milano, Alyssa (18 April 2012), Pete Cashmore - Time 100 2012
  10. ↑ "INQ’s Twitterati List Revealed". Retrieved 21 December 2009.

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