What Happened?
Seattle, WA-based PicMonkey Appointed Jonathan Sposato as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
Founded in 2012, PicMonkey Inc. is a browser-based photo editing and graphic design website dedicated to fulfilling the world`s creative yearnings. PicMonkey.com offers basic editing all the way up to touch-up and advanced effects, with supafly fonts, overlays, and textures for graphics projects and crafts. Most of the site is free; premium effects bolt on as a monthly or annual subscription. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with a regional office in New Zealand.
About the Person
Serial startup founder, CEO of the PicMonkey photo editing site and investor in companies including Pokitdok, EveryMove and Vizify. By far the snazziest dresser on the GeekWire team. Jonathan Sposato is the CEO of PicMonkey, and an active angel investor. A serial entrepreneur and investor in many startups, Jonathan is currently the Chairman of Geekwire.com, the region's top technology news site, and CEO of PicMonkey the world`s most popular web photo-editor. He also has the distinct honor of being the first person to sell 2 companies to Google. As the CEO of Picnik, Jonathan created a category-defining online photo editor to profitability and reached over 60M visits a month. Prior to Picnik, Jonathan founded Phatbits which went on to become Google Gadgets. Prior to Phatbits, Jonathan was a Senior Manager in Microsoft`s consumer division, personally delivering the next level of thought on key Microsoft properties to chairman Bill Gates and the company`s leadership, as well as driving the development of award-winning software applications, Xbox video games, and social communications applications. Jonathan is a graduate of Whitman College. Serial startup founder, CEO of the PicMonkey photo editing site and investor in companies including Pokitdok, EveryMove and Vizify. By far the snazziest dresser on the GeekWire team.
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