Michael J. Wolf
| Michael J. Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) |
| 💼 Occupation | Entertainment executive |
| 📆 Years active | 1990s - present |
| Notable work | "The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives"[1] |
Michael J. Wolf is a businessman, management consultant and entertainment executive.[2][3][4][5][6] He was the former President of MTV Networks and has served on the boards of Yahoo! and Sotheby's.[7]
Education[edit]
Wolf graduated from Columbia University in 1984.[8][9][10]
Career[edit]
Wolf is co-founder and CEO of the technology and strategy-consulting company, Activate Consulting.[11][6][12] He co-founded the firm in 2010 with Anil Dash.[13]
In 2005, Wolf was President and Chief Operating Officer of Viacom’s MTV Networks, During his tenure at Viacom, Wolf advised Mark Zuckerberg, as noted in David Kirkpatrick’s 2010 book, The Facebook Effect.[3][14] He left MTV in 2007.[7]
Wolf previously worked in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton and was a partner at McKinsey & Company.[15][16] As a consultant to the entertainment industry, he oversaw Comcast’s acquisition of AT&T’s cable television systems.[17] He worked with Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to develop its satellite television division. He is credited with coining the phrase "Alpha Consumer".[5][6] He helped create Booz Allen Hamilton's media and entertainment practice and sat on the firm's operating council.[16] He was also credited by Cathleen Black, President of Hearst Magazines, as having played an instrumental role in the formation of the Newspaper Association of America.[16]
In 2012, Daniel Loeb nominated Wolf to join Yahoo!’s board, where Wolf was elected and served until 2013.[18] Sotheby’s elected Wolf to its board of directors in 2019.[19][20]
Since 2014, Wolf has been a featured speaker at the annual Wall Street Journal Tech Live, (formerly D.Live) conference and other conferences to discuss the tech and media trends.[21][22][23][24]
Authorship[edit]
In his book, The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives, published by Random House, Wolf described his work with clients Viacom, Richard Branson and The Walt Disney Company.[25][26] Published in 1999, the book predicted that "new media will not eat old media's lunch – at least not right away" and posited that "no new medium has ever killed off another; it has only influenced changes in it." The book’s central theme is the economic impact of the intersection between entertainment and technology.[27][28]
Books[edit]
- The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives (ISBN 978-0812930429 Search this book on
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References[edit]
- ↑ "A Business Book that Says there's No Business Except Show Business". Esquire. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ "Media vets Wolf and Dash launch Activate". The Hollywood Reporter. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carter, Bill (November 2005). "MTV Is Expected to Appoint Media Strategist as President". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "התחזית השנתית של Activate Consulting: "גיימינג הוא הפרדיגמה החדשה"". Maarvi. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Michael J. Wolf: When Technology, Media and E-Commerce Collide". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ovide, Shira (25 February 2010). "Tech, Media Veterans Team Up on New Consulting Firm". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fabrikant, Geraldine; Carter, Bill (2007-01-12). "Head of MTV Networks Leaving". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "All the World's A Stage". Columbia College Today. September 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Moses, Lucia (January 30, 2011). "A Wolf in the Kitchen". AdWeek. Retrieved August 21, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Alumni in the News". Columbia College Today. Winter 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Activate CEO Michael J. Wolf talks about the upcoming video game wars and the impact on the Metaverse". Digital Journal. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ "The Future of Technology: 16 Predictions". Barron's. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Wolf Leaves MTV's Pack". Forbes. 2007-01-12. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mark Zuckerberg: The temptation of Facebook's CEO". Fortune. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Michael J. Wolf". WSJ Tech Live. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "40 Under 40 - Michael J. Wolf". Crain's New York Business. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "Why one consultant thinks Apple and Amazon are guaranteed winners in the streaming wars". CNBC. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Activist Investor to Step Down from Yahoo! Board". New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Legend Max Levchin Joins Yahoo Board, Intuit's Smith And Weather Channels's Kenny Leave". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Michael J. Wolf". Crain's New York Business. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "What Uber, Virgin Galactic, Activate CEOs Said At WSJ Tech Live". Benzinga. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "The biggest tech trends of 2019, according to top experts". Fast Company. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ Chmielewski, Dawn (2015-10-20). "Activate CEO Michael J. Wolf Says Mobile Messaging Is Big -- And Getting Bigger". Vox. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ Kim, Yun-Hee (2015-10-20). "Asian Messaging Platforms Generate More Revenue Than Their U.S. Peers, Strategist Michael Wolf Says". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ↑ "WorldCat Listing". Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "With the Net, nothing is real - not even profits". The Guardian. 1999-09-12. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Wolff, Michael (1999-07-19). "Wolf(f) Like Me". New York. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Taylor, Laurie (1999-09-08). "Off Cuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-03. Unknown parameter
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