Dwight Merriman

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Dwight Merriman (born August 5, 1968) is an American Internet executive, racing driver, and entrepreneur in New York City's Silicon Alley. Best known for co-founding DoubleClick with Kevin O'Connor Founder stories Kevin O'Connor and serving as its CTO for 10 years, Merriman currently serves on the Board of Directors of MongoDB Inc., where he was previously cofounder and chairman. MongoDB leadership

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Business career DoubleClick was sold in 2005 for $1.1 billion to Hellman and Friedman LLC, and Merriman stepped down as CTO shortly thereafter. DoubleClick was acquired by Google for $3.1 billion in March 2008. Google Spends $3.1 Billion To Acquire DoubleClick

After leaving DoubleClick, Merriman, along with former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, founded AlleyCorp, a network of affiliated Internet companies, including MongoDB Inc., ShopWiki, Business Insider, and Gilt Groupe. "AlleyCorp Churns Out Grab Bag of Tech Companies"

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Racing career Merriman began his racing career in 2018, driving a Volkswagen Golf for Heinlein Racing Development in the Pirelli World Challenge. He ended 9th overall at the end of the season. Two years later, in 2020, Merriman made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Era Motorsport alongside drivers Kyle Tilley, Ryan Lewis, and Nicolas Minassian. They finished 4th in their class, 11th overall.

In 2021, he returned with Era Motorsport to the 24 Hours of Daytona alongside Tilley, Ryan Dalziel, and Paul-Loup Chatin. The group recorded 787 laps, winning their class.

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Racing record

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Career summary

IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	7	2	0	0	3	1620	4th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2	IDEC Sport	4	0	0	0	0	2	31st
24H Series - GT3

* Season still in progress.

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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results ()(Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest race lap in class. Results are overall/class)

2020 !Era Motorsport !LMP2 !Oreca 07 !Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB	ATL	ATL	LGA	SEB !5th !92
2021 !Era Motorsport !LMP2 !Oreca 07 !Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB	ELK	ATL ! 4th ! 1620
2022 ! Era Motorsport ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET ! style="background:#DFDFDF;"	2nd ! style="background:#DFDFDF;"	1892
2023 ! Era Motorsport ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LGA	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET ! 5th ! 1740
2024 !Era Motorsport !LMP2 !Oreca 07 !Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	ATL ! 14th ! 1597

* Season still in progress

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Complete Asian Le Mans Series results () (Races in bold indicate pole position)

+ !Year !Team !Co-Drivers !Car !Engine !Class ! !1 !2 !3 !4 !Pos. !Points

2021

Era Motorsport

Andreas Laskaratos Kyle Tilley

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8

P2 Am

18

Dubai Autodrome

Dubai Autodrome

ABU 1

ABU 2 ! style="background:#FFFFBF;"

1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF;"

104

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24 Hours of Daytona results

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