David Bohnett

David Bohnett is a philanthropist and technology entrepreneur. ​ He is currently serving as Chairman of the David Bohnett Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Trustee to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Board Member of the California Community Foundation, and Trustee of amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). In 1994, he founded Geocities, a media company that was once ranked one of the four most trafficked sites on the Web. Geocities became publicly traded on NASDAQ and was acquired by Yahoo! ​ David's prior investments include Xdrive.com, Wireimage.com, Stamps.com and LowerMyBills.com. He started his career with Accenture in Los Angeles. His earned an M.B.A in Finance from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.​  David's many awards and distinctions include Los Angeles Business Journal's Technology Leader of the Year, Time Digital's Top 50 Cyber Elite, and Entrepreneur of the Year for Southern California.