Ellen Siminoff

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Along with her husband, David Siminoff, Ellen is co-founder and former chief executive officer of Shmoop.[7]

Life and education

Siminoff obtained a BA in economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University,[8] where she met her husband David Siminoff while they were students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[9] She also has a Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies Software Engineering from Harvard University.[10]

Career

Siminoff is a seasoned executive in the media and technology sectors, From 2007 to 2018, she served as president and CEO of Shmoop University, an educational publishing company.[11] Prior to this role, she was president and CEO of Efficient Frontier, a company specializing in dynamic Search Engine Marketing (SEM) management services, which was later acquired by Adobe.[12]

Yahoo!

Siminoff was a founding executive at Yahoo!,[13] working at the company from 1996 to 2002.[14] She started by running corporate and business development, running mergers and acquisitions after the departure of J. J. Healy.[15] Later Siminoff moved to Senior Vice President of Entertainment and Small Business, with Toby Coppel and Jeff Weiner taking over corporate development.[16] Six months later, Yahoo announced on April 13, 2002, that Siminoff decided to leave the company but would stay through until the end of the year.[17][15] Her departure was part of a high-profile exodus of Yahoo executives, including CEO Timothy Koogle, CFO Gary Valenzuela, sales chief Anil Singh, head of international operations Heather Killen, and marketing head Karen Edwards.[17]

Efficient Frontier

Siminoff was former chairman and CEO of Efficient Frontier.[18] In July 2006 Bloomberg Businessweek noted that Efficient Frontier was the largest buyer of search advertising keywords on Google,[19] and in March 2008 Silicon Alley Insider named Efficient Frontier one of the 25 most valuable privately held companies in Silicon Valley, valued at an estimated $275 million.[20] Adobe Inc. bought Efficient Frontier for $400 million in 2012.[21][22]

Zynga

In 2012, she was appointed to Zynga Inc.'s board of directors.[23] In November 2012, Siminoff purchased 250,000 shares of the company.[24] She served on Zynga's board from 2012 to 2022, where she was a member of the Audit Committee and chaired the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.[25]

Take-Two Interactive

Ellen Siminoff became a director of Take-Two Interactive in May 2022, following the company's merger with Zynga.[26][27][28][29][30][31]

Other board positions

Siminoff has been on the board of directors for Journal Media Group,[32] U.S. Auto Parts,[33] Mozilla Corporation, SolarWinds, Discovery Education and Zynga.[34][35][36]

She serves as executive chairman of BigCommerce (BIGC)[26] and Verifone, a global payments platform, Follett Software[37] and Take-Two Interactive (TTWO).[38][26] She has also been involved with Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Advisory Board,[39] Princeton University's President's Advisory Council,[40] and Stanford's Hoover Institution Board of Overseers.[41]

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