About Rick Marini

Rick Marini is a serial entrepreneur and pioneer in social media with over a decade of experience in the consumer Internet space.

Rick is the Founder & CEO of BranchOut, the largest professional network on Facebook. On BranchOut users leverage their Facebook friend network to find jobs, recruit talent, source sales leads and foster relationships with professional contacts. The company operates the largest job board on Facebook with over 3 million jobs.

Previously, Rick was the Founder & CEO of SuperFan, a social entertainment site that produced Facebook apps and social games for world-class companies including CBS, MTV, Sony, Universal Music, Warner Music and others.

Prior to founding SuperFan, Rick was the Co-Founder, CFO & Chief Strategist for Tickle.com, one of the largest social media sites on the Internet. Under his leadership, Tickle operated as a profitable company with close to $40 million of annual revenue. In 2002, Tickle won the “Rising Star” Webby Award as the fastest growing site on the Web, becoming one of the top 20 sites online and registering over 200 million users. In 2004, Tickle was acquired by Monster Worldwide for over $100M.

Rick is the National Co-Chair of Technology For Obama and advises numerous companies and organizations, including Dreamworks, HR.com, Fwix, Lumos Labs, Wavii, UrbanTag, Founder’s Den, Stipple, FIGHTER, and Friendster (acquired by MOL).

Rick is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and Harvard Business School. He is a prolific speaker and regularly featured in the media as a thought leader on social media, entrepreneurship, and the future of the Internet.

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