Simply Hired announced that their CEO, Gautam Godhwani, has been named to the San Jose Business Journal’s annual “40 under 40” list.
The honorees, selected by the staff of the San Jose Business Journal, are recognized as influential thought leaders and key members of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Here’s why the job search engine says their guy deserves this award: a serial entrepreneur, Simply Hired is the third successful project for Mr. Godhwani. He left his first venture, AtWeb, in 2000 after the leading online services company was acquired by Netscape. Immediately after the acquisition, Mr. Godhwani spent some time in his native India, and realized he could affect change and implement a sense of community to the more than 150,000 people in the Bay Area with similar heritage. With his brother, Gautam spent 18 months researching the needs of the Indian community and then opened the India Community Center in Silicon Valley. Since its launch in 2003, the Indian Community Center has grown into a 40,000 square foot, $17 million facility that supports more than 1,000 programs, including free legal and medical clinics. Though various projects and the success of Simply Hired has kept Mr. Godhwani busy, he still remains involved as a member of the Board of Trustees.
“I am very humbled and honored to be named to this prestigious list,” said Mr. Godhwani. “The Bay Area community has been a wonderful place to grow a small project like Simply Hired into the nation’s premier job search engine. The others who join me on this list are some of the most brilliant minds and leaders in the area, and I look forward to collaborating with them in the future to make the Silicon Valley an even greater place for business growth.”
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May 22nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
That is wonderful to hear, but I do have one bit of caution for Mr. Godhwani. A few years ago the CEO of Jobing.com was named one of the top 30 under 30. Well, over the past years let me just say he has not be one of the top 30 under 30, it appears he is running the company to the ground….oh wait….that’s right, we never hear anything negative about Jobing.com. Joel, let the truth set you free!! What are you going to do this year at SHRM without your free exhibit space? Well Mr. Godhwani, congratulations on your award! I am sure you have made wiser business decisions that the above mentioned. I am sure you have promoted those who are truly worthy and not the ones who have their nose where the sun doesn’t shine. May you and your organization continue to prosper in your market place despite the current conditions that Jobing seems to be oblivious about, well, that’s at least what they are telling their people, “don’t let what is happening outside affect you inside”! Best of luck and continued success!!