Jordan Goldman
Encyclopedia
Jordan Goldman is an American businessman best known as the founder chief executive officer
of Unigo
. The son of a veteran public school teacher, Jordan's mission has been to make higher education more accessible to the millions of students who apply to universities each year. He was named "One of the Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs in America" by Inc. Magazine, "One of the 100 Most Influential People in New York Business and Technology" by Silicon Alley Insider, and is a regular guest on ABC News
. Jordan earned his BA in English at Wesleyan University
and studied Literature at The University of Oxford.
. Seven years later he raised angel financing to start Unigo, which according to the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, "is a college-information resource built for the age of YouTube and Facebook." Jordan galvanized a vibrant community of the nation's top college counselors and enrolled college students, and curated both an authoritative college admissions / financial aid resource and more than 200,000 multimedia reviews of 6,500 campuses across the country.
He has designed and forged strategic alliances with iconic publishers including The Wall Street Journal
, USA Today
and US News & World Report, and through a collaboration with McGraw Hill, Jordan helped create an original curriculum on college and career readiness taught in high schools across America
.
Unigo CEO
2008–present
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Unigo
Unigo
Unigo is a free online college resource guide and student platform claiming to cover more than 1,600 colleges and universities in the United States. The Unigo website is used by college students to share photos, videos, documents, and reviews of their school. High school students and parents use...
. The son of a veteran public school teacher, Jordan's mission has been to make higher education more accessible to the millions of students who apply to universities each year. He was named "One of the Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs in America" by Inc. Magazine, "One of the 100 Most Influential People in New York Business and Technology" by Silicon Alley Insider, and is a regular guest on ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
. Jordan earned his BA in English at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
and studied Literature at The University of Oxford.
Entrepreneurial History
Frustrated by his own experience with the college admissions process, as an 18-year-old college freshman, Jordan began his career by creating the "Students' Guide to Colleges" series of college guidebooks, which were released in five annual editions from Penguin BooksPenguin Books
Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
. Seven years later he raised angel financing to start Unigo, which according to the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, "is a college-information resource built for the age of YouTube and Facebook." Jordan galvanized a vibrant community of the nation's top college counselors and enrolled college students, and curated both an authoritative college admissions / financial aid resource and more than 200,000 multimedia reviews of 6,500 campuses across the country.
He has designed and forged strategic alliances with iconic publishers including The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
and US News & World Report, and through a collaboration with McGraw Hill, Jordan helped create an original curriculum on college and career readiness taught in high schools across America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
External links
Unigo CEO
Unigo
Unigo is a free online college resource guide and student platform claiming to cover more than 1,600 colleges and universities in the United States. The Unigo website is used by college students to share photos, videos, documents, and reviews of their school. High school students and parents use...
2008–present