Friday, November 30, 2018

NationBuilder's Founder, Jim Gilliam, Passes Away

Los Angeles-based NationBuilder, which develops software that helps groups, political campaigns, nonprofits, and others manage their their supporters, donors, and members, reported on Friday that its founder, Jim Gilliam, has passed away. The company said that Gilliam had learned earlier in the year that he had cancer, and despite radiation and chemo, recently acquired an infection which led to his death on Friday. Gilliam was only 41. NationBuilder's backers include The Omidyar Network, Andreessen Horowitz and Napster- and former Facebook President Sean Parker.

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