Philip Kaplan

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Philip Kaplan
Kaplan in 2011
Born (1975-10-30) October 30, 1975 (age 48)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesPud Kaplan
Occupation(s)entrepreneur, computer programmer

Philip J. "Pud" Kaplan (born October 30, 1975)[1] is an American entrepreneur and computer programmer who has founded several Internet companies.

He created the

) in 2002.

He has subsequently created other websites and web-based ventures, including the online advertising market site

In July 2011, Kaplan formed ADHD Labs,

MailChimp in August 2011.[5] In 2012, Kaplan's company founded Fandalism, a social networking website for musicians.[6] He expanded the site to offer the digital distribution of music, and in early 2013, the service was spun off under the name DistroKid.[7]

Kaplan obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1997 from the Syracuse University School of Information Studies and delivered the convocation address at the Class of 2014 graduation ceremony.[8] He currently resides in New York City.

References

  1. ^ "DistroKid is the easiest way for musicians to get their music into Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, TikTok, Google Play, and more". DistroKid. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Tomio Geron. "F—edCompany Founder Views VC From a New Perch". WSJ. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "adhdlabs.com".
  5. ^ "Exclusive: MailChimp Buys Phil Kaplan's Tiny Start-Up, TinyLetter". AllThingsD. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  6. ^ Anthony Ha (April 6, 2012). "Philip Kaplan's Social Network Fandalism Has Quietly Grown To 350K Musicians". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  7. ^ Ha, Anthony (May 28, 2013). "Fandalism's Philip Kaplan Launches DistroKid, An Affordable Way To Upload Music To Stores Like iTunes". Techcrunch. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  8. ^ "Philip Kaplan '97 to Speak at iSchool Convocation". Syracuse University News. November 19, 2013.

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