Ben Rattray
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Ben Rattray (born Script error: No such module "Birth based on age as of dates".)[1] is an American entrepreneur who is the founder and is the[2] CEO of the online petition website Change.org, which he founded in 2007. Rattray was included in the 2012 Time 100 list of the world's most influential people,[3] listed as one of FortuneTemplate:'s 40 Under 40 rising young business leaders of 2012,[4] and given the Commonwealth Club of California's 21st Century Visionary Award in 2014.[5]
Personal life
Rattray was born in Santa Barbara, California. At Dos Pueblos High School, Rattray was "sporty and handsome" and "a homecoming king". He wanted to grow up to be an investment banker, then retire at age 35 and go into politics.[1]
Rattray attended Stanford University during the technology boom of the early 2000s, studying political science and economics.[6] He changed career paths to focus on "the pursuit of effective collective action" after comments one of his brothers had made when revealing his homosexuality.[1] He later attended the London School of Economics.[7]
As of August 2007, Rattray lived in San Francisco, California.[8]
Change.org
Template:Main article Rattray launched Change.org from his house in 2007. The site has gone through multiple iterations, starting as a social network for social activism,[9] changing into a cause-based blogging platform,[10] then transitioning to a petition platform in 2011.[11]
The goal of Change.org, according to Rattray, is to "change the balance of power between individuals and large organizations".[12]
"The power unlocked when people have the capacity to more rapidly and effectively organize with others is unprecedented in human history", Rattray wrote in an e-mail to Change.org staff members. "But what's needed for this to be truly transformational is a solution that turns people-power from a force that is episodically realized to one that is deeply embedded in our political and social lives — something that makes people-power pervasive and sustained."[12]
In February 2012, Rattray stated that Change.org was "growing more each month than the total we had in the first four years", with more than 10,000 petitions being started each month on the site, and that in 2011 the company's employees had grown from 20 to 100.[13]
Change.org announced a $15 million round of investment led by the Omidyar Network in May 2013 and said its staff had grown to 170 people in 18 countries.[14]
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ed Pilkington (April 13, 2012). "Change.org thrust into spotlight in wake of Trayvon Martin case". The Guardian. London. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Meet Our Team". Change.org. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Katchpole, Molly (April 18, 2012). "Ben Rattray - 2012 Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World". Time. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.VanderMey, Anne (October 11, 2012). "40 Under 40". Fortune. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Change.org: Tech for Good". Commonwealth Club of California. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Online petitions crack through board rooms, capitals". Fox News. April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marieke van der Vaart (July 1, 2011). "U.S. petition website helps Saudi women hit the highways". The Washington Times. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mattioli, Dana (August 21, 2007). "Q&A: Ben Rattray of Change.org". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Change.org: Social Network For Social Activism". ReadWrite. February 7, 2007. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Change.org moves from social media to blogging in order to raise cause awareness". VentureBeat. October 8, 2008. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Online petitions: Shifting the power to consumers". The Baltimore Sun. February 12, 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ylan Q. Mui (January 23, 2012). "Change.org emerges as influential advocate on issues from bullying to bank fees". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kristof, Nicholas D. (February 4, 2012). "After Recess: Change the World". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Empson, Rip (May 21, 2013). "With $15M From Omidyar And 35M+ Users, Change.org Wants To Prove Socially-Minded Startups Can Attract Big Numbers". TechCrunch. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
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