Robert Hohman

Robert Hohman (born 1970/71) is the co-founder and chairman of Glassdoor, the jobs and recruiting site, which was acquired by Recruit Holdings in 2018.^[1] Hohman was CEO of Glassdoor from 2007 to 2020.^[2]

Early life and education

Hohman grew up in a blue collar family near Canton, Ohio. He began writing software at age 12.^[3] He spent summers earning money on his grandparents' farm baling hay in order to buy memory for his VIC-20 computer.^[4]

By high school, he was writing COBOL code for an accounting firm.^[3]

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from Stanford University. While at Stanford, Hohman and Victor Jih co-founded Victory Briefs, the largest debate camp organizer in North America.^[5]

Career

Hohman joined Microsoft in 1993 and as a software developer and participated in the team that built Expedia.^[6]

In 2006, he quit his job as president of Hotwire to do nothing but play World of Warcraft for a year — after hitting the maximum level, he quit and started Glassdoor.^[7] Hohman is a passionate competitor in League of Legends.^[8]

Gaming

Hohman is a passionate competitor in League of Legends.^[9] He is a minority owner of the North American eSports organization Cloud9.^[10]