Ben Silbermann
Ben Silbermann is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of Pinterest, a virtual pinboard which lets users organize images, recipes and other things. The website allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections and/or 'like' photos.
The business-savvy entrepreneur had an ambitious start with aspirations to become a physician as per his family's professional tradition. He was admitted into the prestigious Research Science Institute, a competitive research program for high school seniors. Continuing with his streak of academic success, he attended Yale and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Political Science.
Silbermann's career took off when he moved to Silicon Valley and held a position with Google. However, the beginning of his unabashed success was not until he left Google to develop his own start-up. After many attempts, Pinterest was born and is now one of the top social networking sites that rivals titans like Facebook and Twitter.
Ben Silbermann is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of Pinterest, a virtual pinboard which lets users organize images, recipes and other things. The website allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections and/or 'like' photos.
The business-savvy entrepreneur had an ambitious start with aspirations to become a physician as per his family's professional tradition. He was admitted into the prestigious Research Science Institute, a competitive research program for high school seniors. Continuing with his streak of academic success, he attended Yale and graduated in 2003 with a degree in Political Science.
Silbermann's career took off when he moved to Silicon Valley and held a position with Google. However, the beginning of his unabashed success was not until he left Google to develop his own start-up. After many attempts, Pinterest was born and is now one of the top social networking sites that rivals titans like Facebook and Twitter.
Development from Determination
Silbermann enlightens with the retelling of his journey to creating the third most popular social network to date. He began with aspirations of being a doctor, as his entire family was immersed in the medical field. However, having always admired entrepreneurs, he moved to Silicon Valley to pursue a career and to have his successful start up take...
