{{Short description|American businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Matt Ferguson | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|11|30}} | birth_place = Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Businessman | alma_mater = Indiana University Bloomington<br>University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni<br>Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law | years_active = | known_for = Former American CEO for the largest online job site CareerBuilder.com. | notable_works = }} '''Matt Ferguson''' (born November 30, 1966, in Bloomington, Indiana) is a former American Chief Executive Officer for the largest online job site CareerBuilder.com. He graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a J.D. degree from Northwestern University School of Law.
He joined CareerBuilder in 2000 and served as the vice president of business development and COO until 2004. He became CEO in 2004 and over the next few years turned CareerBuilder.com into the online recruitment industry leader.<ref>{{cite news|title=CareerBuilder.com Appoints Matt Ferguson Chief Executive Officer|url=http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?sd=6%2f9%2f2004&sc_cmp1=cb_pr124_&siteid=cbpr&id=pr124&ed=12%2f31%2f2004|accessdate=11 June 2012|date=9 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CareerBuilder Underscores Lead in Traffic and Revenue|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2011/03/02/CG56349|publisher=BizJournals|accessdate=11 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Zappe|first=John|title=Monster May Be For Sale|url=http://www.ere.net/2012/03/01/monster-may-be-for-sale/|accessdate=11 June 2012|newspaper=ERE.net|date=1 March 2012}}</ref>
On 23 October 2013, "The Talent Equation: Big Data Lessons for Navigating the Skills Gap and Building a Competitive Workforce" was published; it was co-authored by Ferguson, Lorin Hitt, and Prasanna Tambe.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Talent Equation|url=http://www.talentequationbook.com/|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref>
Matt was replaced as CEO by former president and COO Irina Novoselsky. He currently sits as executive chairman on the board of Careerbuilder.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-04|title=Longtime CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson Replaced By President and COO Irina Novoselsky|url=https://www.ere.net/careerbuilder-matt-ferguson-replaced/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=ERE|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2004, Crain's Chicago Business named Ferguson one of the "40 under 40".<ref>Mullman, Jeremy [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgibin/article.pl?portal_id=35&mpid=35&page_id=1649 40 Under 40 2004]</ref>
In 2007, Ferguson was awarded the Staffing Professional of the Year by the Staffing Management Association of Greater Chicago formerly EMA Chicago.
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