Auren Hoffman
Entrepreneur and investor; founded SafeGraph, ran LiveRamp; writes Summation.
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- Auren Hoffman is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and author.
- He co-founded Rapleaf in 2006 and ran its spinoff LiveRamp, which Acxiom bought in 2014.
- He founded the location-data company SafeGraph and was its CEO until October 2024, when he stepped down and stayed on as chairman.
- He is a general partner at Flex Capital and writes the blog Summation.
Key facts
- Born
- 19741
- SafeGraph
- Founder; CEO until October 2024, then chairman1
- Rapleaf and LiveRamp
- Co-founded Rapleaf in 2006, CEO until 2012; then ran its spinoff LiveRamp, bought by Acxiom in May 20141
- Earlier
- Kyber Systems (sold 1997); Bridgepath (sold to Bullhorn, 2002)1
- Now
- General partner at Flex Capital (as of 2026)1
- Education
- Industrial engineering, UC Berkeley, 19961
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