Mark Elderkin

Mark Elderkin (born September 27, 1963) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Gay.com in 1994 with his husband Jeff O. Bennett.[1] Elderkin served as President of PlanetOut Inc. when the company went public in 2004. He retired from the company in 2006. He founded Gay Ad Network [1] in 2007, which was named as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies in America. [2]

Elderkin is a self-professed child prodigy of the clarinet. He graduated from Haas School of Business with an MBA and Boston University with a BS in Systems Engineering.[3]

Elderkin lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with his husband Jeff and daughter Chloe.[4][1]

References
  1. Toussaint, David (September 11, 2014). "Meet Gay Dad Mark Elderkin, CEO of Gay Ad Network". Gay with Kids. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. "Gay.com founder's next move: Online ads", PlanetOut.com, 14 August 2007, retrieved 2008-10-17
  3. Ellis, Alan; Schaub, Kevin; White, Melissa (2002), "Interview: Mark Elderkin and Rhona Berenstein", The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research, Haworth Press, p. 30, ISBN 1-56023-353-2
  4. "Contributors", Family Equality Council, archived from the original on 2008-09-29, retrieved 2008-10-17
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