Building Global Prosperity: Innovation and Action - KIN Global
Building Global Prosperity: Innovation and Action - KIN Global
Building Global Prosperity: Innovation and Action - KIN Global
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Gil Penchina<br />
CEO<br />
Wikia, Inc.<br />
Gil Penchina is a serial entrepreneur <strong>and</strong> CEO of Wikia.com, the<br />
largest commercial wiki information <strong>and</strong> news site, whose users<br />
have written over 1,500,000 articles in 100 languages in the last<br />
three years. The site now reaches over 10mm unique visitors per<br />
month according to Comscore<br />
Prior to Wikia.com Gil was an executive at eBay for 8 years, most recently as a regional VP<br />
for eBay in Europe. Before eBay, Gil worked at General Electric, Bain & Co. <strong>and</strong> started two<br />
small technology companies.<br />
He has a Bachelors in Engineering from the University of Massachusetts <strong>and</strong> an MBA from<br />
Kellogg. In addition, Gil is an active angel investor in companies such as Linkedin, Paypal,<br />
Flock, Koders, ZipRealty, FindWhat <strong>and</strong> other consumer Internet services.<br />
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