CEO at Xobni
San Francisco, CA
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Jeff Bonforte is the CEO of Xobni. He’s worked in email, voice and messaging for 15 years. Prior to joining Xobni in 2008, Bonforte was VP of Social Search at Yahoo!, where he ran Yahoo! Answers and Delicious. Jeff also ran Yahoo! Messenger and oversaw its move from #2 to #1 IM client in the US. Before Yahoo!, Jeff was President and Founder of Gizmo5, an innovator in VoIP that was purchased by Google in 2008. In 1997 Jeff founded and was the CEO of i-drive, the largest online storage tool of the time, with over 10mm monthly unique visitors.
Jeff earned his BA in Classical Civilizations He lives in San Francisco with his wife, son and dog.