Nationality American Occupation Co-founder, CEO | Employer DogVacay Name Aaron Hirschhorn | |
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Alma mater Swarth College, University of California, Los Angeles | ||
Aaron hirschhorn dogvacay at the montgomery summit 2014
Aaron Hirschhorn is co-founder and CEO of DogVacay, a Santa Monica-based startup that is often described as “Airbnb for dogs.” Hirschhorn’s DogVacay won a Webby award for Web Services and Applications in 2016.
Hirschhorn started DogVacay in 2012 with his wife, Karine Nissim Hirschhorn, after their dog had a traumatizing experience at the kennel and hid under the desk for days after the trip. They then started watching dogs in their own home. As of November 2014, DogVacay had obtained $47 million in total funding from venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark. Before founding DogVacay, Hirschhorn worked for Los Angeles-based venture capital firms GRP and Monitor Ventures.
Hirschhorn is from Philadelphia; he is a graduate of Swarthmore College and earned an MBA from UCLA. Hirschhorn has a Goldendoodle named Rocky.