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Carl Shepherd co-founded HomeAway with CEO Brian Sharples and oversees the company's worldwide corporate development efforts including mergers, acquisitions and key partnerships. For six years, Carl served as the chief operating officer of Hoover’s Online. Under his management, the business developed into a leading source for business information online, culminating in an IPO in 1999 and the eventual sale of the company to Dun & Bradstreet in March 2003. His career began as a consultant, working for what is now Accenture and establishing a practice based in the advertising industry. He also served as chief financial officer of magazine publishers Texas Monthly, Inc. and Hanley-Wood, Inc. Carl holds a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from Texas Christian University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. What Carl looks for when choosing a holiday rental: "We have three boys, who are five and seven years apart, so it is not a holiday for mom and dad
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- Austin, US
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