Mahbod Moghadam

Mahbod Moghadam
Mahbod Moghadam at TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2013
Born(1982-11-17)November 17, 1982
DiedMarch 25, 2024(2024-03-25) (aged 41)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University (BA)
Stanford Law School (JD)
OccupationInternet entrepreneur
Employer(s)Everipedia (2015–2019)
Genius (2009–2014)
Known for

Mahbod Moghadam ((1982-11-17)November 17, 1982 – March 25, 2024) was an American[1] internet entrepreneur.[2] In 2009, he, Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory co-founded Rap Genius (now Genius), a website on which users can submit annotations and interpretations of song lyrics and other content. In 2015, he, Sam Kazemian and Theodor Forselius co-founded Everipedia, a wiki-based online encyclopedia, where he worked as the Chief Community Officer for several years. After leaving Everipedia, he became an entrepreneur-in-residence at the venture capital firm Mucker Capital, then worked on HellaDoge, a cryptocurrency-based social network.

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  2. ^ "Mahbod Moghadam: An Obituary – Moghadam Family". Genius. Retrieved 2024-04-06.