John S. Shegerian
(born November 16, 1962, in
Queens, New York) is an American
entrepreneur, environmental and
social issues activist,
international public speaker and
the Chairman and CEO of
Electronic Recyclers
International® (ERI).
Established in 2002, ERI is an
Electronic Waste collector and
recycler, specializing in the
environmentally safe and
socially responsible dismantling
of electronic items such as
computers, televisions,
monitors, cell phones, and other
electronic items. Under
Shegerian’s leadership, ERI has
fast become the leading recycler
of electronics in North America.
Shegerian, like ERI, is based in
Fresno, California.
Prior to his founding of ERI,
Shegerian was also the
co-founder and CMO of
FinancialAid.com, one of the
most successful student loan
companies in the country. While
at FinancialAid.com, John
created
RateYourCampus.com (a
college student polling and
feedback community) which then
led to the creation of
CampusDirt.com (which
evolved into the most relevant
and trafficked college search
engine). Last but not least,
CampusClix.com was created
and became one of the first
college social networking
properties on the web. In
October 2004, Shegerian and his
partners sold financialaid.com
and all the aforementioned
affiliated properties to
Education Lending Group, which
was purchased for $400M in
February 2005 by CIT (NYSE:
CIT). Shegerian went on to found
Addicted.com, a
comprehensive, interactive
website dedicated to helping
those struggling with the
disease of addiction.
For his work with ERI,
Shegerian was named the Clean
Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
for Northern California by
Ernst & Young in 2008 and
placed into the prestigious
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Hall
of Fame.
Beyond his successes in the
realm of hi-tech ventures,
Shegerian is driven by his
commitment to innovate and
develop companies that benefit
and inspire others and are
socially responsible. Shegerian
has a 25 year track record of
quickly converting start-ups
into large, highly successful
business enterprises.
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