Scott Kauffman

Scott L. Kauffman
Born	1956 Princeton, New Jersey
Residence	Palo Alto, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Vassar College New York University
Occupation	Businessman
Salary	$3.3 million
Title	Chairman and CEO, MDC Partners
Children	2
Parent(s)	Ellwood Kauffman (father) Shirley Kauffman (mother)
Relatives	Jane (sister), Geoffrey (brother), Matthew (brother)

Scott L. Kauffman (born 1956) is an American business manager. He is currently Chairman and CEO of the advertising holding company MDC Partners. In July 1992, Advertising Age named him one of the top 100 marketers in the country and was named in 1996 as one of twenty "Digital Media Masters".

He was born in Princeton, New Jersey to Ellwood and Shirley Kauffman, and grew up with his sister Jane, and brothers Geoffrey and Matthew.

Kauffman holds an A.B. in English from Vassar College and an MBA in marketing from New York University's Stern School of Business.

In 1973, he appeared briefly in Steven E. de Souza's first film, Arnold's Wrecking Co.

Throughout his career, Kauffman has worked for a variety of media companies including Benton & Bowles, Newsweek, and Time Warner in the founding of Entertainment Weekly.

His next job was as a vice-president of CompuServe, where he worked on all of the online brands and pioneered SpryNet, CompuServe's ISP service. With help from Goldman Sachs, Kauffman participated in the development of one of the first IPOs of the Internet industry. He left CompuServe in 1997 to become president and CEO of ClickOver, a company focused on developing management solutions for Internet advertising. ClickOver later became Adknowledge after acquiring Focalink. Before leaving AdKnowledge and the company was sold to CMGI, AdKnowledge grew to over 80 employees with more than 100 customers.

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