Steve Kaufer
Founder of Give Freely
Steve Kaufer
Founder of Give Freely
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Overview
Work Experience
CEO and co-founder
2023 - Current
Give Freely is all about enabling everyday actions to help heal our world. Our first product, the Give Freely browser extension, helps you find coupons when shopping online, and then funnels the commissions that Give Freely receives from the stores, to your favorite charity. Over 10,000 stores are in the program, and users have over 1.1 million charities to choose from. Shop, Save, Support. Please join the Give Freely movement by downloading the extension from our site, and then help us spread the word. If millions of givers use this extension, we'll be generating hundreds of millions of dollars to help worthwhile charities all over the world.
Board Member
2006
CarGurus was founded in 2006 to create a better car-shopping experience using technology and data analytics. Since then, CarGurus has become the most visited automotive shopping site in the US, with more car listings than any other major online automotive marketplace. CarGurus also operates sites in Canada and the UK.
CarGurus is an online automotive destination that assists users in contacting sellers and comparing local listings for new and used cars.
Raised $1,750,000.00.
Board Member
2005
Board member of the leading cancer charity dedicated to curing Neuroendocrine cancers. NetRF has funded over $22M worth of research since its inception.
Co-founder, President & CEO, Board Member
2000 - 2022
I co-founded Tripadvisor in 2000 with 3 amazing co-founders, with the mission to help travelers around the world plan and book the perfect trip. Since then, Tripadvisor has grown into the largest travel site in the world, offering over a billion reviews and opinions to help guide travelers in 22 languages all around the world. Tripadvisor was acquired by IAC in 2004, folded into Expedia, Inc in 2005, and then spun out to be an independent public company (Nasdaq: TRIP) in 2011. Tripadvisor acquired over two dozen companies between 2005 and 2022, including leading brands such as Viator, TheFork, and CruiseCritic.
TripConnect is an online service that allows people to get travel advice from people they know.
Raised $1,000,000.00 from Masthead Venture Partners.
Board Member
2008 - 2018
Glassdoor is a job and recruiting sites that operates online jobs and career community.
Raised $204,500,000.00 from Employee Stock Option Fund and EquityZen.
President and CEO
1998 - 2000
Centerline Development Systems was a small software firm specializing in software development tools. It was created as an offshoot of Centerline Software in 1998.
Co-founder & VP Engineering, Board Member
1985 - 1998
Led the engineering department building software development tools for C and C++ on Unix workstations. Helped grow company from inception to 150 employees and $18+ million in profitable revenue.
Education
BA
1980 - 1984