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The Motley Fool received $25M in Venture Round funding. (11/1/09)

Posted 11/2/09 at 6:14pm via paidcontent.org
The Motley Fool added Doug Dosberg as Sr. User Experience Designer. (3/16/06)

Posted 2/5/13 at 7:15am
The Motley Fool added Greg Robleto as Director of Community. (1/1/06)

Posted 10/11/11 at 5:23am
The Motley Fool added Carl Leubsdorf, Jr. as Senior Director, Software. (1/1/98)

Posted 11/22/11 at 9:01pm
The Motley Fool added Dan Huddle as Senior Software Engineer . (1/1/96)

Posted 5/8/13 at 5:05am
The Motley Fool added David Gardner as co-founder.

Posted 5/7/13 at 3:57am
The Motley Fool added Tom Gardner as co-founder and CEO.

Posted 5/7/13 at 3:57am