Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Seed

Dennis is the co-founder and executive chairman of Foursquare. Dennis has been a pioneer in imagining ways to help people discover the world around them using data and social encouragement. Today, he oversees Foursquare Labs, the R&D arm of the company that's focused on leveraging location technology in new and innovative ways. He previously founded Dodgeball, one of the first mobile social services, which was acquired by Google in 2005.

He holds degrees from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. He is also a winner of the "Fast Money" bonus round on the TV game show Family Feud and the Founder and Chairman of Kingston Stockade FC, a semi-professional soccer team in the Hudson Valley.