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Ask.com  (Stock symbol: ASKJ ) Acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp (2005 $ 1,900,000,000 )
555 12th Street #500
 Oakland, CA 94607
 USA
 (510)-985-7400
Website Company Summary Management Team
Management
President/COO/Operations: Kartik Ramakrishnan (3/31/2014) ; Shane McGilloway
General Management: Andrew Moers (02/29/2008) ; Oliver Hill
Finance: Kevin Cotter (2006)
Technology: Susan Morrow (3/25/2013) ; Lisa Kavanaugh (3/31/2011)
Sales/Marketing: Ron Levi
Business Development: Eva Charaund
Customer Service: Valerie Combs
Board
Outside board: (May no longer be on the board) A. George Battle (Anderson Consulting);  David Scott Carlick (VantagePoint Capital Partners);  Jim Casella (PennNet CEO);  Josh Goldman (Sprout Group EIR) ;  Garrett Gruener (Alta Partners);  James D. Kirsner (Barra CFO) ;  Geoffrey Yang (Institutional Venture Partners)
Company
Business description: A leading search engine on the Web, Ask.com combines world-class search technology with one-of-a-kind search tools to help people get what they are looking for faster. Ask.com sites include Ask.com US (http://www.Ask.com), Ask.com Deutschland, Ask.com Espana, Ask.com Japan and Ask.com UK. Additionally, Ask.com syndicates its search technology and advertising units to a network of affiliate partners. Ask.com is a division of IAC Search & Media, a wholly- owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq: IACI).
Customers include: Apartments.com;  ATandT;  Careerbuilder;  Compaq;  DaimlerChrysler;  Dell;  F5 Networks;  Ford Motor Company;  Iomega;  iVillage;  KLA;  Lycos;  NetApp;  Nortel Networks;  Office Depot;  Roche;  Travelocity;  Verizon;  Arthur Andersen;  Autoweb;  Aventis Oncology;  Datek;  First Union Banks;  Fodors.com;  iOwn.com;  Mazda;  Nestle;  Novartis Pharmaceuticals;  PNC;  Radio Shack;  Ralston Purina;  Simply Intreractive;  State of Washington;  TD Waterhouse;  Toshiba Computer Systems Group;  US Navy;  William Sonoma
Partners include: American Express;  Betawave ;  Google;  HP;  Microsoft;  Nuance Communications;  Overture;  PriceGrabber;  Viador;  Vignette;  American Dietetic Association ;  EXP.com;  Martha Stewart;  NASCAR ;  Univision;  William Sonoma
Capital
Capital raised: 35.0M
Ownership: Acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp (2005 $ 1,900,000,000 )
Stock Symbol: ASKJ
Angels/other VCs: Ronald C. Conway (CBT);  Benjamin M. Rosen (Compaq Computer)
Corporate investors: Roda Group

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Record updated: May 2014
Sector: Internet
Year Founded: 1996
Headcount: 301-400 as of Feb 2019
Capital Raised: 35.0M
Ownership: Acquired by IAC/InterActiveCorp (2005 $ 1,900,000,000 )
Stock Symbol: ASKJ
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