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Robert Hohman


Self Description

December 2008: "Robert Hohman is co-founder and chief executive officer of Glassdoor.com and member of the company's board of directors. Before creating Glassdoor, Bob was most recently president of Hotwire, a leading discount travel site and division of Expedia, Inc. Bob was one of the original team members of Expedia, and was part of the executive team that took it public in 1999. During his Expedia tenure, Bob also served as president of Classic Custom Vacations and executive vice president of Cruise & Packages for Expedia North America. In Expedia's early stage, Bob led the engineering team that built the cruise, hotel, and package booking systems. Bob started his career at Microsoft and worked as a software developer in a range of areas from Windows 95 to interactive television to online games. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University."

http://www.glassdoor.com/about/team.htm

Third-Party Descriptions

December 2008: "Glassdoor.com went live in June 2008. It was founded and initially financed by Robert Hohman, Tim Besse and Rich Barton, all of whom came from Expedia, which Mr. Barton started. Since then, Benchmark Capital, where Mr. Barton is a venture partner, led a $3 million round of financing and Sutter Hill Ventures led a $6.5 million round."

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/which-ceos-were-naughty-and-nice-in-2008/index.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Organization Executive (past or present) Expedia Organization Dec 28, 2008
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Founder/Co-Founder of Glassdoor.com Organization Dec 28, 2008
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Hotwire Organization Dec 28, 2008
Organization Executive (past or present) Microsoft Corporation Organization Dec 28, 2008
Student/Trainee (past or present) Stanford University Organization Dec 28, 2008
Colleague/Co-worker of (past or present) Rich Barton Person Dec 28, 2008
Colleague/Co-worker of (past or present) Cooperation (past or present) Tim Besse Person Dec 28, 2008

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Dec 26, 2008 Bits: Naughtiest and Nicest C.E.O.’s

QUOTE: Glassdoor.com, a site that lets employees anonymously review their employers and share salary information, is out with a list of the naughtiest and nicest chief executives of 2008, based on those reviews.

 New York Times