Henry Schuck
| Henry Schuck | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1983 La Crescenta, California |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ohio State University |
| 💼 Occupation | Chief Executive Officer, Founder |
| 👔 Employer | ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. |
Henry Schuck is an American entrepreneur and billionaire.[1] He is the Founder and CEO of ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc., a Vancouver, Washington-based software as a service (SaaS) company that helps corporate sales and marketing teams with customer outreach.[2] He co-founded the company as DiscoverOrg in 2007.[3]
Early life[edit]
Schuck grew up in La Crescenta, California, outside Los Angeles, with his sister and single mother, who supported the family by working three jobs.[4]
Education[edit]
Schuck attended the Honors College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and graduated cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Hospitality Management. He was student body president at UNLV and founded the school’s water polo club.[5]
Schuck later attended and graduated from Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.[6] He also studied comparative law at Oxford University in England.[7]
He briefly served as an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University.[6]
Career[edit]
iProfile[edit]
As a student at UNLV, Schuck worked at iProfile, a sales intelligence company in Henderson, Nevada, later ascending to Vice President of Research and Marketing.[3]
DiscoverOrg[edit]
In 2007, while Schuck was in law school, he and a co-founder put $25,000 on their credit cards to start DiscoverOrg.[2][8] The company relocated to its current headquarters in Vancouver, Washington in 2009.[9]
ZoomInfo[edit]
The company operated as DiscoverOrg until February 2019, when Schuck led the acquisition of its competitor Zoom Information and subsequently rebranded as ZoomInfo.[10][11]
On 4 June 2020, ZoomInfo went public, opening on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ZI.”[12][13][14][15] It was the Portland, Oregon, area's largest IPO ever.[3]
As of July 2020, Schuck oversees more than 1,300 ZoomInfo employees in seven offices in the U.S. and Israel.[16]
Awards[edit]
Schuck was recognized as one of Goldman Sachs’ “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2018.”[17] He also won the 2015 Growth Stage Award at the OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards[18], which celebrate the "brightest, boldest and best entrepreneurs." Schuck was also a two-time finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2015 and 2016.[19]
He was named 2013 Alumnus of the Year by the UNLV Honors College.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "ZoomInfo Duo Become Billionaires With Stock Doubling Since IPO". Bloomberg.com. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2020-09-17. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "MarTech Interview with Henry Schuck, Founder and CEO, DiscoverOrg". MarTech Series. 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Oregonian/OregonLive, Mike Rogoway | The (2020-06-04). "ZoomInfo's IPO is the Portland area's biggest ever, valuing company at $13B". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ "DiscoverOrg reaching soaring heights". The Columbian. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Meet our 2013 Alumnus of the year: Henry Schuck | Honors College | University of Nevada, Las Vegas". www.unlv.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Moritz alum Henry Schuck ('09) and CEO of ZoomInfo, takes company public". The Briefing Room. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ "Henry Schuck - Co-Founder & CEO at ZoomInfo". THE ORG. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ Business, Yahoo Small (2020-02-06). "Lead Generation That Works the First Time: How Henry Schuck Built a $30 Million Company Virtually Overnight". Business Resource Center. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ Meyer, Sarah (2016-06-03). "DiscoverOrg continues its hiring spree". Vancouver Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Big Change at Discoverorg: It's Now ZoomInfo". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-07-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Henry Schuck introduces the 'ZoomInfo powered by DiscoverOrg' platform and explains name change". B2B News Network. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ "ZoomInfo Announces Pricing of its Initial Public Offering". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ "ZoomInfo Duo Become Billionaires with Stock Doubling Since IPO". Bloomberg Business. June 8, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ZoomInfo founders now billionaires after stock more than doubles in 3-day rally". Markets Insider. June 9, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "ZoomInfo's IPO garnered high praise. It also left $576 million on the table". Fortune. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ↑ "About ZoomInfo | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2020-07-06. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Goldman Sachs honors DiscoverOrg CEO Schuck". The Columbian. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2015 OEN Awards Winners". Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ↑ "DiscoverOrg CEO a finalist for entrepreneur award". The Columbian. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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