Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
CB Rank (Investor) 100,136
  • Primary Job Title Vice President
  • Primary Organization 
    ZDNET
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Dan Farber is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Communication at Salesforce. Prior to Salesforce, he spent 35 years as an editor and reporter, primarily covering the intersection of technology and business. He served as editor-in-chief of CNET News, a leading technology news service, and CBSNews.com, where led the editorial team in breaking

news coverage and establishing online destinations for the CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes and other programs. He joined ZDNet in 1996 as editorial director, and led the development of ZDNet's worldwide network of more than 70 technology-focused sites. He also served editor-in-chief at Ziff-Davis' pioneering computing news publications, PC Week and MacWeek, and was a founding editor at MacWorld magazine and member of the editorial staffs of PC World and PC Magazine.

Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 14, 2000
Red Herring
ZDNET
No
Venture Round - Red Herring
$28M
Number of Current Jobs 2
Dan Farber has 2 current jobs as SVP Strategic Communications at Salesforce and Vice President at ZDNET.
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Dan Farber is the Board of Directors at Red Herring.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
MetaMind
AdvisorNov 2014Apr 2016
Number of News Articles 429
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