Dave Schaeffer
Chief Executive Officer at COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
Net worth: 301 M $ as of 2024-03-30
Profile
David Schaeffer was the founder of PathNet, Inc. (founded in 1995), Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (founded in 1999), and Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (founded in 1999), where he held the titles of Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer.
He currently holds positions as Chairman at Cogent Communications France SAS (since 2008), Co-Managing Director at C.C.D.
Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH, Director at Cogent Communications Belgium SRL (since 2004), and Advisor at Jerusalem Venture Partners.
He previously held a Director position at Cyber-Ark Software, Inc. and an Independent Director position at CyberArk Software Ltd.
(from 2014 to 2023).
Mr. Schaeffer received an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland.
Known holdings in public companies
Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
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2024-03-31 | 4,603,038 ( 9.71% ) | 301 M $ | 2024-03-30 |
Dave Schaeffer active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | Chief Executive Officer | 1999-07-31 |
Cogent Communications Group, Inc.
Cogent Communications Group, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Cogent Communications Group, Inc. provides broadband Internet services. The company was founded by David Schaeffer in August 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Chief Executive Officer | 1999-07-31 |
Cogent Communications France SAS
Cogent Communications France SAS Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Cogent Communications France SAS provides telecommunication service. The company was founded on February 2, 2001 and is headquartered in La-Garenne-Colombes, France. | Chairman | 2008-10-27 |
C.C.D. Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH
C.C.D. Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Part of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., C.C.D. Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH is a provider of high-quality internet, ethernet, and colocation services. The private company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The CEOs of the German company are Jean-Michel Slagmuylder, Timothy G. O'Neill, David Schaeffer. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Cogent Communications Belgium SRL
Cogent Communications Belgium SRL Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., Cogent Communications Belgium SRL provides computer consulting services. The private company is based in Brussels, Belgium and was founded in 2000. | Director/Board Member | 2004-07-01 |
Jerusalem Venture Partners
Jerusalem Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Erel N. Margalit. The firm is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Former positions of Dave Schaeffer
Companies | Position | End |
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CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD. | Director/Board Member | 2023-11-08 |
PathNet, Inc.
PathNet, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Pathnet, Inc. provides wholesale and retail telecommunications service to underserved and second and third tier markets throughout the United States. During the year, the company expanded its activities to include fiber optic technology to deliver high bandwidth services as well as dark and dim fiber to inter-exchange carriers ('IXCs'), local exchange carriers ('ILECs'), internet service providers ('ISPs'), Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs'), cellular operators and resellers. The company provides inter-city transport services which comprises of point-to-point services offered as Time Division Multiplexing, or TDM, which is an electronic process that combines multiple channels into a single, higher-speed channel by interleaving portions of each in a consistent manner over time-based private lines at high speed including DS-1, DS-3, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192. Currently the company has 6300 wireless route miles of completed network. | Chief Executive Officer | 1996-12-31 |
Cyber-Ark Software, Inc.
Cyber-Ark Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cyber-Ark Software, Inc. provides software security services. It specializes in protecting and managing privileged users, sessions, applications and sensitive information to improve compliance, productivity and protect organizations against insider threats and advanced external threats. The firm also offers business solutions, such as inter-business vault as a service for managed file transfers, unix/linux security, shared administrative accounts, application identities, monitoring and recording privileged activity, application encryption keys, managing file transfers, sharing sensitive information, and minimizing security concerns in the cloud. The company was founded by Ehud Mokady and Alon N. Cohen on April 20, 2000 and is headquartered in Newton, MA. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Dave Schaeffer
University of Maryland | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
Listed companies | 2 |
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CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD. | Technology Services |
COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. | Communications |
Private companies | 7 |
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PathNet, Inc.
PathNet, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Pathnet, Inc. provides wholesale and retail telecommunications service to underserved and second and third tier markets throughout the United States. During the year, the company expanded its activities to include fiber optic technology to deliver high bandwidth services as well as dark and dim fiber to inter-exchange carriers ('IXCs'), local exchange carriers ('ILECs'), internet service providers ('ISPs'), Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs'), cellular operators and resellers. The company provides inter-city transport services which comprises of point-to-point services offered as Time Division Multiplexing, or TDM, which is an electronic process that combines multiple channels into a single, higher-speed channel by interleaving portions of each in a consistent manner over time-based private lines at high speed including DS-1, DS-3, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192. Currently the company has 6300 wireless route miles of completed network. | Communications |
Cogent Communications Group, Inc.
Cogent Communications Group, Inc. Specialty TelecommunicationsCommunications Cogent Communications Group, Inc. provides broadband Internet services. The company was founded by David Schaeffer in August 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Communications |
Jerusalem Venture Partners
Jerusalem Venture Partners Investment ManagersFinance Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) is a venture capital firm founded in 1993 by Erel N. Margalit. The firm is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel. | Finance |
Cyber-Ark Software, Inc.
Cyber-Ark Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cyber-Ark Software, Inc. provides software security services. It specializes in protecting and managing privileged users, sessions, applications and sensitive information to improve compliance, productivity and protect organizations against insider threats and advanced external threats. The firm also offers business solutions, such as inter-business vault as a service for managed file transfers, unix/linux security, shared administrative accounts, application identities, monitoring and recording privileged activity, application encryption keys, managing file transfers, sharing sensitive information, and minimizing security concerns in the cloud. The company was founded by Ehud Mokady and Alon N. Cohen on April 20, 2000 and is headquartered in Newton, MA. | Technology Services |
Cogent Communications France SAS
Cogent Communications France SAS Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Cogent Communications France SAS provides telecommunication service. The company was founded on February 2, 2001 and is headquartered in La-Garenne-Colombes, France. | Communications |
C.C.D. Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH
C.C.D. Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH Major TelecommunicationsCommunications Part of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., C.C.D. Cogent Communications Deutschland GmbH is a provider of high-quality internet, ethernet, and colocation services. The private company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The CEOs of the German company are Jean-Michel Slagmuylder, Timothy G. O'Neill, David Schaeffer. | Communications |
Cogent Communications Belgium SRL
Cogent Communications Belgium SRL Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Part of Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., Cogent Communications Belgium SRL provides computer consulting services. The private company is based in Brussels, Belgium and was founded in 2000. | Technology Services |
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