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Tim Cadogan

Tim Cadogan is a British-American entrepreneur who is the CEO of GoFundMe. Previously he co-founded OpenX as its CEO. In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people.

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Tim Cadogan
Born
Timothy R. Cadogan 1

England, United Kingdom
EducationLondon School of Economics (BSc)

University of Oxford (MPhil)

Stanford University (MBA)
OccupationsCEO of GoFundMe
Co-Founder and former CEO of OpenX

Tim Cadogan is a British-American entrepreneur who is the CEO of GoFundMe. Previously he co-founded OpenX as its CEO.2 In 2025, Time magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 most influential people.3

Early life and education

Cadogan was born4 and raised in rural England.5 He holds a bachelor of science degree from the London School of Economics, a master in philosophy from University of Oxford, and is master of business administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business.6

Career

Cadogan began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group5 and McKinsey & Company.7 He then became Vice President of Search at Overture (formerly GoTo.com) which was subsequently acquired by Yahoo!.8 At Yahoo!, he led both the advertising and search businesses at from 2003 to 2008.9

In 2008, Cadogan co-founded OpenX with fellow Yahoo veteran Jason Fairchild10 and was its CEO.11 In January 2020, Cadogan replaced Rob Solomon as the CEO of GoFundMe.1213

Personal life

Cadogan resides with his family in California.14 He has been an active member of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue team since 2010.15

References

References

  1. "Tim Cadogan, GoFundMe: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  2. Horst, Peter. "Brands Take A Stand For Quality In The Wild West Of Digital Advertising". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. "Tim Cadogan: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025". TIME. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-17.
  4. "How GoFundMe's Tim Cadogan taps board expertise in perilous times". Yahoo Finance. 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  5. Gelles, David (2022-03-04). "The GoFundMe C.E.O. Wants You to Ask: 'How Can I Help?'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  6. "Entrepreneur - Start, run and grow your business". Entrepreneur. 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  7. Ahmed, Murad (2024-01-13). "Business big shot: Tim Cadogan". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  8. "Overture (with the Internet History Podcast!) | Acquired Podcast". www.acquired.fm. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  9. "Mobile Summit 2013 – Tim Cadogan – OpenX – Rethinking Advertising for a Multi-Screen World". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  10. "63. Jason Fairchild – developing GoTo, OpenX and tvScientific". Paleo Ad Tech. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  11. Schonfeld, Erick (2008-04-09). "Yahoo Refugee Tim Cadogan Lands at OpenX As CEO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  12. Lunden, Ingrid (2020-01-29). "GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon is stepping down, will be replaced by Tim Cadogan, CEO of OpenX". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  13. "Remote Work Is Fine. The Real Thing Scaring CEOs? Hybrid Work". TIME. 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  14. ‘Sway’ (2021-03-01). "Opinion | If Government Did Its Job We Might Not Need GoFundMe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  15. Meyers, Talya (2025-09-08). "GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan Weighs in on Search and Rescue Volunteering, the Eaton Fire, and the Human Urge to Help". Direct Relief. Retrieved 2025-10-23.