Marcus Cobb, Nashville NEXT’s 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year, and top rated CEO on Comparably.com is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, product designer and dynamic public speaker. Cobb’s striking journey took him from modest beginnings in El Paso, Texas, to technology leader for Fortune 50 companies including Microsoft, Dell and CitiGroup; amassing a remarkable project portfolio.
Having started his first venture at age 18, Cobb returned to his entrepreneurial roots after his tenure in corporate America. He joined the early leadership team at TicketsNow.com which grew into a $270M acquisition by TicketMaster. Most recently Cobb co-founded Jammber.com, a payment platform which has secured over $5.5M in investor funding from notable investors including AOL founder Steve Cases’ Rise of the Rest Fund, to help creatives get paid faster for music and other content they create online.