Jon Oringer

Jonathan E. Oringer
Born (1974-05-02) May 2, 1974 (age 50)
EducationStony Brook University
Columbia University
TitleFounder and CEO, Shutterstock
WebsiteJonOringer.com

Jon Oringer (born May 2, 1974) is an American programmer, photographer, and billionaire businessman, best known as the founder and CEO of Shutterstock, a stock media company headquartered in New York City.[1] Oringer started his career while a college student in the 1990s, when he created "one of the Web's first pop-up blockers."[1][2] He went on to found about ten small startups[3] that used a subscription method to sell "personal firewalls, accounting software, cookie blockers, trademark managers," and other small programs.[1]

In 2003, Oringer founded Shutterstock to provide microstock photography, which has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange[4] since 2012.[4][5] As a result of going public, in 2013 Oringer was reported to be New York's first tech billionaire.[1] Shutterstock had over 100,000 contributors as of March 2016,[6] with an "active customer base of 1.4 million people in 150 countries."[7] Among other accolades, in 2012 Oringer was named New York's Technology Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young,[8] and the following year Oringer was recognized as one of Crain's New York[9] 40 Under 40.[10]

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