About
Steve Kaufer is CEO and co-founder of Give Freely, a platform that directs retail commissions to charitable causes through a browser extension. He previously co-founded Tripadvisor and served as its CEO. Kaufer's work at Give Freely applies his experience scaling Tripadvisor to enable charitable giving through everyday online shopping activities.
Experience
- Give FreelyCEO and co-foundercurrent2023 — presentNewton, Massachusetts, United States
- DirectBookerBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
- CarGurusBoard Membercurrent2006 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Neuroendocrine Tumor Research FoundationBoard Membercurrent2005 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- TripadvisorCo-founder, President & CEO, Board Member2000 — 2022Needham, Massachusetts, United States
- GlassdoorBoard Member2008 — 2018Newton, Massachusetts, United States
- Centerline Development SystemsPresident and CEO1998 — 2000Needham, Massachusetts, United States
- Centerline Software, Inc.Co-founder & VP Engineering, Board Member1985 — 1998Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Skills & more
Google Analytics4Ruby2Hadoop3Google Adwords5Scalability15Online Advertising68Start-ups29E-commerce93Web Analytics57SEM38Digital Marketing33Product Management18
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Email MarketingDigital StrategyStrategic PartnershipsOnline MarketingSocial MediaPPCSEONew Business DevelopmentDigital MediaMobile DevicesSoftware DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesFrom Steve's professional profile.
Colleagues at Pillar VC
Alec Nielsen
Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Alex Reinhart
Associate at Pillar VC
Alex Ting
Director of Events & Operations at Pillar VC
Andras Forgacs
Co-Founder & Board Director, Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Andrea Coravos
Co-founder/CEO, HumanFirst & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Andy Beck
CEO, PathAI & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
CEO, Actifio & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Network1
Investors connected to Steve in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Steve Kaufer?
- Steve Kaufer is CEO and co-founder of Give Freely, a platform that directs retail commissions to charitable causes through a browser extension. He previously co-founded Tripadvisor and served as its CEO. Kaufer's work at Give Freely applies his experience scaling Tripadvisor to enable charitable giving through everyday online shopping activities.
- Where does Steve Kaufer work?
- Steve Kaufer is CEO, Tripadvisor & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC.
- Where did Steve Kaufer go to school?
- Steve Kaufer studied at Harvard University (BA, Computer Science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at DirectBooker2
Also worked at CarGurus6
Also worked at Tripadvisor17
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