Gideon Stein (born December 19, 1971, in Washington, D.C.) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the Executive Chairman of Write Label,[1][2] an AI-based and crowd-sourced platform for short-form writing, President of The Moriah Fund,[3] Chairman of Civic News Company, and a member of the board of directors of Narrative 4.[4] He is the former vice chairman of the board of Success Academy Charter Schools, a high-performing charter school management organization in New York City.

Education

Stein graduated with honors from Wesleyan University with a degree in economics and history. He attended St Edmund Hall at Oxford University as a visiting scholar in development economics and European history.

Career

Stein is the Executive Chairman of Write Label, an AI-powered, crowd-sourced platform for short-form writing. He was the founder and CEO of LightSail Education, an adaptive literacy solution for K-12.[5] Stein was the founder, chairman and CEO of Omnipod, Inc.,[6] a leading on-demand provider of real-time messaging to the enterprise market, until its sale in 2005 to MessageLabs Group, Ltd.,[7] one of the world’s largest private software companies (and now a division of Symantec). Stein was a founding partner of MR Ventures, a private investment firm with a portfolio of companies concentrated in media, commerce and software. Stein also served on the board of directors of the Real Silk Investment Company,[8] a publicly traded regulated investment company, until its sale to Lord Abbett Affiliated Funds.[9]

Philanthropy

In May 2019, Stein became the President of his family's private foundation, The Moriah Fund.[3] Stein is the Chairman of Civic News Company, the leading non-profit publisher of Chalkbeat, Votebeat, and Healthbeat.[10] He is also on the board of directors of Narrative 4,[11] a global empathy building organization.

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Writelabel.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Leading Creative Writing Service Provider Comedywire Announces Rebranding to Write Label". StreetInsider.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Home". Moriahfund.org. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Narrative 4". Narrative4.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Literacy Development Solution to promote Lexile Reading Growth". Lightsailed.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Omnipod CEO Gideon Stein Speaks on IM Networks". Ecommercetimes.com. 22 November 2004.
  7. ↑ "MessageLabs To Acquire Omnipod". 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-09-28. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "SEC Info". Secinfo.com.
  9. ↑ "SEC Info". Secinfo.com.
  10. ↑ "About Chalkbeat". Chalkbeat.org. 6 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Family". Narrative4.com. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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