GuruNet Appoints Mark Segall to Board of Directors

GuruNet Appoints Mark Segall to Board of Directors

WESLEY HILLS, N.Y., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GuruNet Corporation (AMEX:GRU), a leading provider of integrated online reference information, today announced the appointment of Mark B. Segall to the Board of Directors of the Company.

Mr. Segall is the founder and CEO of Kidron Corporate Advisors LLC, a NY- based M&A and corporate advisory boutique serving emerging growth companies primarily in the technology and financial services sectors. Prior to forming Kidron in 2003, Mr. Segall was the CEO of Investec Inc., the US investment banking operations of the Investec Group, a UK and South African based specialist bank. Mr. Segall began his career as an attorney, specializing in cross border M&A and capital markets activities. He was a partner at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Mr. Segall received his BA from Columbia University and his JD from New York University Law School.

Mr. Segall serves on the boards of directors of Greg Manning Auctions Inc., the Comtech Group and Integrated Asset Management. Mr. Segall was also a director of Siliconix inc. until June 2004.

Robert Rosenschein, GuruNet Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very excited to have Mark Segall join our board. We believe he brings a strong breadth of experience, having advised many public companies in the technology space through the years in his many different roles: as attorney, CEO, investment banker and board member."

Mark Segall said, "I am honored to be associated with such an exciting young company, which I believe has the potential of being one of the great success stories in the Internet space. I look forward to working with the rest of the board and with management to help them realize on the company's extraordinary potential."

About GuruNet

GuruNet is a leading reference search engine. Founded in 1999 by Robert Rosenschein, GuruNet Corporation (www.gurunet.com), provides patented technology and software tools to access authoritative definitions and facts from over 100 reference sources and over 750,000 topics over the Internet. The company is also actively developing its newest property, Answers.com, a Web-based, ad-supported site, with no subscription fee required. Previous institutional investors include Dawntreader Ventures, Israel Seed Partners, Flatiron Partners, JP Morgan Partners, Time Warner Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Highland Capital and individual investors Mort Meyerson, Bob Lessin, John Sculley, and Yossi Vardi.


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