David Bohnett's Impact on the Internet

Bohnett founded the pioneering social networking site GeoCities in 1994.

Jan 1, 1994

It was the first social networking site and pioneered the format for future sites.

Founded Baroda Venture

Jan 1, 1998

Investments focused on internet related ventures, such as: SteelHouse, Retention Science, ID90T, Surf Air, DogVacay, and Gamesville. The sites themselves had little impact, but millions were invested into the internet.

Yahoo paid $2.87 billion in stock for Geocities

May 1, 1999

Signified the beginning of the end for the site. By 2002, it was finished.

Google had shutdown Bohnett’s GeoCities

Oct 26, 2009

This signified the end of an era.

GeoCities had pioneered the modern-day social media site.

Jan 27, 2015

Popularity has shifted over from GeoCities to MySpace, then onto Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.