Zach Klein
American entrepreneur and investor (born 1982)
Zach Klein (born September 26, 1982) is an American entrepreneur and investor, and the co-founder of Vimeo. In addition to Vimeo, he co-founded the children's learning website DIY.org and worked as an executive at Boxee, Skillshare, and as CEO of Dwell.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Zach Klein (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Sep 26, 1982.1
About
Known for design of healthy digital communities, he has taught Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts.
From Wikipedia’s article on Zach Klein, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Early life and education
- 1996 to 2000Bishop Luers High School3
- 2000 to 2004Wake Forest University Bachelor of Arts; studio art3
Klein spent his earliest years in Western New York and later lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he attended Bishop Luers High School. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University where he was a studio art major.
From Wikipedia’s article on Zach Klein (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: entrepreneur.9
- Since 2020Chief executive officer, Dwell6
- Since 2011Co-founder6
- 2011 to 2014Director, Skillshare.com6
- 2011Academic staff6 8
- 2009 to 2011Chief product officer6
- Since 2004Co-founder6 7
- 2003 to 2007Partner6
- Date not recordedFounded Vimeo4
- Date not recordedFounded DIY.org5
- Date not recordedVenture capitalist6
He was a partner at Connected Ventures, which founded and operated CollegeHumor. He was a faculty member at the School of Visual Arts, where he taught in the MFA program in Interaction Design.
Klein created the Cabin Porn phenomenon, which was initially an online project "created by a group of friends to inspire their own homebuilding" but grew into a global phenomenon, attracting thousands of submissions from fellow cabin builders.
In February 2020, Klein was appointed as CEO of the design and technology brand Dwell.
From Wikipedia’s article on Zach Klein (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
Awards
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataZach Klein on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaZach Klein on Wikipedia
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- 6WikidataZach Klein: Partner, on Wikidata
- 7WikidataCo-founder, as reported
- 8WikidataAcademic staff, as reported
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- 12WikidataZach Klein: award, on Wikidata
- 13Wikidataaward, as reported
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- 15WikidataOfficial website, as reported
- 16WikidataZach Klein: X, on Wikidata
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- 20WikidataZach Klein: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 21WikidataVimeo, Founder