Bill Kaplan

Current

• CEO at FreshAddress, Inc.

Past

• Co-founder and President at Linden Properties, Inc.

Education

• Harvard Business School
• Harvard University

Connections

146 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Bill Kaplan’s Experience

• CEO

  FreshAddress, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2000 — Present (9 years 8 months)

  Co-founder of company and patent holder of FreshAddress, Inc. Email Change of Address system

• Co-founder and President

  Linden Properties, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

  1980 — 2008 (28 years )

  Real estate investment and development company - Own and developed approximately $100 million of retail and office space for tenants including Auto Palace, Bank of America, Block Financial Services, Brooks Drug, Cambridge Hospital, CVS, D’Angelo’s/Pizza Hut, Dunkin Donuts, Family Dollar, Fleet Bank, Ground Round, Houghton Mifflin, La-Z-Boy, Massachusetts Department of Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Partners HealthCare, Stop & Shop, Subway, SuperValu, and Walgreens.

Bill Kaplan’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  MBA , 1978 — 1980

• Harvard University

  BA , Economics , 1973 — 1977

  Awarded Francis H. Burr award (outstanding scholar-athlete) at graduation

  Activities and Societies:

  Varsity Squash (1973-1977; captain 1976-1977, All-American, All-Ivy)
  National Science Foundation grant recipient (1976)
  Harvard Independent Business Board
  Co-founder, Harvard Roxbury Computer Program

Additional Information

Bill Kaplan’s Websites:

• My Website

Bill Kaplan’s Interests:

Co-founder and leader of MIT Blackjack Team popularized by New York Times best selling novel "Bringing Down the House" and the movie, "21", starring Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, and Jim Sturgess; brief cameo appearance in "21" in the underground Chinese gambling parlor scene Former world ranked professional squash player (1980-1987)

Bill Kaplan’s Honors:

U.S. Maccabiah Squash Team (1977, 1981 captain, 1985 captain, 1997 captain) - Silver Medals in all four world competitions