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Benjamin Bejbaum
French entrepreneur (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benjamin Bejbaum is a French entrepreneur and computer programmer, who is particularly known for being co-founder of Dailymotion video-sharing site with Olivier Poitrey.[1] He was the CEO of the company. During that time, he was responsible for the strategy of the start-up.
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Life and education
Bejbaum was born into a Jewish immigrant family on November 20, 1976, in Paris. His father was from Poland and his mother from Tunisia.[2] He attended Gérard de Nerval High School, Luzarches (Val-d'Oise). He then enrolled at the university in Villetaneuse (Seine-Saint-Denis) to study applied mathematics and information sciences.[3]
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In March 2005, Bejbaum founded Dailymotion, along with Olivier Poitrey. A year later, the video site got $9.5 million from Atlas Ventures and Partech International a year later. After hiring Zaleski from QXL as executive chairman, he got $34 million led by Adventure Partners and AGF Private Equity in August 2007.[4]
In December 2008, Benjamin Bejbaum left the day-to-day operations at the company while Mark Zalesky took his position.[5] After that, he continued on the board of the start-up.[6]
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