[1] and served as the company's President through its successful sale in 2007 to private equity firm VSS, reportedly for nearly $100 million.
Hamadeh was chief executive of PrivCo, and also a frequent commentator on private companies for mass media, until his death in December 2015.
[7] Honors and awards have included Crain's Top Entrepreneur's Award,[8] the Harvard Business School Club's Entrepreneur of the Year[9] Silicon Alley Reporter's "100 Most Important Internet Executives"[10] Deloitte & Touche's 50 Fastest Growing Companies,[11] and the University of Pennsylvania Law School's Young Alumnus of the Year award.
[12] He served as an Executive Producer of films Home Movie starring Adrian Pasdar, and Made For Each Other starring Chris Masterson, Danny Masterson, and Bijou Phillips.
[citation needed] Hamadeh co-hosted a fundraiser for a Democratic congressional candidate with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in January 2010.