Jeff is an American entrepreneur and currently the CEO, Chairman, and Founder of Dachis Group. Jeff is the Co-Founder, former CEO, and former Chairman of Razorfish, the worlds largest digital marketing solutions firm.
As the leader in Social Business, Dachis Group powers the design, development, management, and measurement of Social Business performance in the marketplace for the world’s leading companies. The company serves global customers worldwide including clients AT&T, Citibank, Disney, Estée Lauder, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, Nestlé, Nokia, and Target with a global network of offices in 13 cities in 10 countries.
As founder and CEO of Dachis Group, Jeff Dachis brings a world of experience to the table. His leadership and vision helped establish the digital services industry more than a decade ago when he co-founded Razorfish, Inc. out of a one-bedroom New York City apartment. During his time at Razorfish, Jeff profitably grew the company revenues to over $250 Million, expanded its talent base from 2 to 2,200 employees with offices in nine countries, completed over 25 M&A transactions, led its IPO which raised $55 Million, and catapulted Razorfish’s public valuation to over $5 Billion. Over the last decade, as the recognized leader in the digital services industry, Razorfish has won numerous performance, design, and professional service awards. Razorfish ultimately was bundled as part of Microsoft’s $6 billion purchase of aQuantive, and more recently was spun off and sold to Publicis for $530 million.
Dachis is also a Director at Manhattan-based Bond Art + Science, which specializes in information architecture and user experience design for digital media and information services. He serves as an advisor to companies including Bazaarvoice, SocialWare and Waterfall Mobile and currently serves as a founder/mentor for Silicon Valley’s Founder’s Institue. Jeff has also served as Co-Chairman of the Producer’s Guild of America New Media Council East. He has frequently appeared as a lecturer and speaker around the globe, and in publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Wired Magazine. His television appearances include CNBC, CNN, 20/20, and 60 Minutes.
