Jeremy Allaire
| Jeremy D. Allaire | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 13, 1971 |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Macalester College |
| Occupation | Technologist & Internet Entrepreneur |
| Employer | Circle |
| Known for | Creating the web development tool ColdFusion; co-founder of Allaire Corporation; former CTO at Macromedia involved in creating the Macromedia MX (Adobe Flash) platform; former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at General Catalyst Partners; former CEO of Brightcove; current CEO of Circle |
| Title | CEO & Founder |
Jeremy D. Allaire (born 13 May 1971) is an American-born technologist and Internet entrepreneur. He is currently CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle and Chairman of the Board of Brightcove. With his brother JJ Allaire, he co-founded Allaire Corporation in 1995. Allaire Corp. had a successful IPO in January 1999 and was subsequently acquired by rival Macromedia in 2001. Allaire served as CTO of Macromedia following the acquisition and helped develop the Macromedia MX platform (a suite of software tools and servers aimed at enabling rich applications delivered using Flash Player).
Allaire left Macromedia in February 2003 to join venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners as a technologist and executive-in-residence. In 2004, Allaire founded Brightcove, an online video platform used by many top media and marketing organizations worldwide. After a successful IPO in early 2012, Allaire stepped down as Brightcove CEO in 2013 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board.
In October 2013, Allaire announced the launch of Circle, an Internet-based consumer finance company that aims to bring the power and benefits of digital money, such as Bitcoin, to mainstream consumers.
Allaire was educated in the Montessori tradition, which he says, “built into me a belief in self-direction, in independent thought, in peer collaboration, in responsibility.”
In 1993 Allaire graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received double-majored in political science and philosophy, with a concentration in economics. While at Macalester, his college roommate and high-school friend, who worked for the campus IT group, rigged a high-speed Internet connection to their dorm room, which allowed Allaire to access and experiment with the Internet in its early days.
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