Gina Bianchini
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Gina Bianchini was CEO
of Ning, which she co-founded with Marc Andreessen
. Since leaving Ning in March 2010, she has been an executive in residence at the Andreesen Horowitz venture firm.
Bianchini re-emerged in September of 2011 as head of a privately-funded Palo Alto start-up called MightyBell, which is offering a social networking app designed for creators of "experiences" to offer step-by-step directions to those who might want to accomplish goals such as running marathons or going on survival expeditions.
Prior to Ning, Bianchini was co-founder and president of Harmonic Communications which was acquired by Dentsu
. She has also held positions at CKS Group
and Goldman Sachs & Co.
Bianchini holds a B.A. from Stanford University
and an M.B.A from Stanford Business School.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Ning, which she co-founded with Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen is an American entrepreneur, investor, software engineer, and multi-millionaire best known as co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, and co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation. He founded and later sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard...
. Since leaving Ning in March 2010, she has been an executive in residence at the Andreesen Horowitz venture firm.
Bianchini re-emerged in September of 2011 as head of a privately-funded Palo Alto start-up called MightyBell, which is offering a social networking app designed for creators of "experiences" to offer step-by-step directions to those who might want to accomplish goals such as running marathons or going on survival expeditions.
Prior to Ning, Bianchini was co-founder and president of Harmonic Communications which was acquired by Dentsu
Dentsu
is one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Its headquarters are located in the Dentsu Building in the Shiodome district of Minato, Tokyo....
. She has also held positions at CKS Group
CKS Group
CKS Group was an advertising agency based in Cupertino, California, catering to technology companies. The initials CKS came from the three name partners, Bill Cleary, Mark Kvamme, and Tom Suiter. All three had previously worked for Apple Computer...
and Goldman Sachs & Co.
Goldman Sachs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
Bianchini holds a B.A. from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and an M.B.A from Stanford Business School.
External links
- Official introduction to Ning Authored by Marc Andreesen and Gina Bianchini
- CNBC Interviews Gina Bianchini on Thursday, April 16th 2009
- TechCrunch Interview with Gina
- Gina on Charlie Rose