Halsey Minor (http://www.halseyminor.net) has had his hand in some of the most successful technology companies in the past 20 years. Halsey founded CNET in 1994 and was an early investor in Google Voice and Salesforce.com.

1. Tech Companies Touched
by Halsey Minor
Halsey Minor Founded, Co-Founded and Ran Many
Successful Internet Technology Companies. Let’s take
a closer look at the entrepreneur and the companies.

2. Who is Halsey
Minor? Born in 1964 in
Charlottesville, VA
 Attended University of
Virginia
 Lives in San Francisco, CA
 Founded Minor Ventures in
2005 to invest in Internet
technology companies
 Avid art fan
 Avid thoroughbred horse
racing fan
 Founded Kids Turn non-
profit organization in 2010.

3. CNET at a glance
• CNET was founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby
Bonnie
• Also known as download.com and upload.com
• Companies CNET acquired between 1994-2007: GDT,
mySimon, TechRepublic Inc., and Webshots.
• CBS Interactive acquired CNET in 2008.
• CNET is divided into four major sections: CNET News,
Download.com, CNET TV, and How To (product reviews).

4. Google Voice at a glance
• Google Voice was based on Grand Central which was
found in 2005 and funded by Halsey Minor’s Minor
Ventures.
• Grand Central was acquired by Google on July 2, 2007.
• Google Voice was launched by on March 11, 2009.
• Google Voice services include voicemail, free text
messaging, call history, conference calling, call
screening, blocking of unwanted calls, and voice
transcription to text of voicemail messages.

5. Salesforce.com at a glance
• Founded in 1999
• Specializes in Customer Relationship Management
solutions
• Early investors included Halsey Minor, Larry
Ellison, Steward Henderson among others.
• The company went public in 2004.
• Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
• Employs almost 10,000 worldwide
• Lauched Social.com – a social advertising platform – in
2013.