Bill Strauss
Bill Strauss is the chief executive officer for Provide Commerce, Inc., which operates ProFlowers — the company that revolutionized the way Americans send and receive flowers when it shipped its first bouquet for Valentine's Day of 1998. Mr. Strauss has been with the company since its inception in the spring 1998. He lead the company's initial public offering in December 2003 and its sale to Liberty Media for $477 million less than 2 years later in February 2006. Prior to joining Provide Commerce, Mr. Strauss was part of the senior management team at ChipSoft, Inc., the makers of TurboTax, which was acquired by Intuit, Inc. in 1993. In the early 1990s, Mr. Strauss was vice president of operations for Hanover Direct, a large catalog company. Mr. Strauss is active in many local business organizations and charitable endeavors including UCSD Connect and the San Diego Chapter of YPO. Mr. Strauss holds a B.A. in Accounting from Syracuse University.
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