Andrew Weinreich
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Fordham University

Andrew Weinreich (/ˈwaɪnrɪtʃ/ WYNE-ritch) is an American businessman.

Career

In 1997, Weinreich launched SixDegrees.[1]

In 2001, Weinreich founded Joltage, an infrastructure services business devoted to building out a global network of Wi-Fi hotspots.[2] Joltage was forced to shut down in 2003 when the company ran out of funding.[3]

In 2003, Weinreich started I Stand For, Inc. He sold the company in February 2006.[4]

In February 2006, Weinreich co-founded MeetMoi with Jeremy Levy.[5][4][6]

In 2008, Weinreich and Jeremy Levy spun off the persistent tracking technologies of MeetMoi into a separate company called Xtify.[4] Xtify was acquired by IBM on October 3, 2013.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ Goble, Gordon (2012-09-06). "The History of Social Networking".
  2. ↑ Metz, Cade (April 8, 2002). "Would You Like Wireless Access with That?". PC Magazine.
  3. ↑ Shim, Richard (28 February 2003). "Start-up Joltage unplugs Wi-Fi service".
  4. 1 2 3 Boyd Myers, Courtney (July 11, 2011). "Where are they now? New York City's Dot Com Entrepreneurs".
  5. ↑ Smith, Kevin (24 October 2012). "Check Out MeetMoi, The Dating App That Has Quietly Reached 3 Million Users". Business Insider.
  6. ↑ Tsotsis, Alexia (3 August 2010). "Push Notifications Meet Dating: meetMoi NOW Alerts You When Matches Are Nearby".
  7. ↑ Jackson, Joab (3 October 2013). "IBM buys e-commerce tool maker Xtify". Computerworld.
  8. ↑ "Patent Issued for Location-Based Services Platform". Telecommunications Weekly. 5 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in New York". 23 May 2013.
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