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Shawn Colo


Shawn Colo is head of mergers and acquisitions for Demand Media. Having co-founded the company with Richard Rosenblatt in April 2006, Shawn and his team have sourced, negotiated, and completed over 30 acquisitions, including the acquisition of ExpertVillage and recently, Pluck.com. Shawn is responsible for high-level strategic relationships, including Demand’s relationship with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, which led to the creation of LiveStrong.com.

Prior to Demand Media, Shawn spent 10 years in the private equity industry as a Principal with Spectrum Equity Investors, a private equity firm focused on investing in media and communications companies. Shawn has served on corporate boards in the US and Europe, where he spent several years building the firm’s European business from London. Shawn is a graduate of Princeton University, with a degree in Engineering and Operations Research.

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