Jay Adelson is a serial entrepreneur, having built companies such as Equinix, Digg, Revision3, SimpleGeo and Opsmatic. He serves on a number of boards and is an active investor.

Jay was active in the development of the core of the Internet, though work at NETCOM, Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) and Equinix (EQIX). He's testitfied before Congress on these topics and is still actively involved in infrastructure-related companies.

In 2008, while CEO of Digg, Jay was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.