Michael J. Wolf
| Michael J. Wolf | |
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| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | United States |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Columbia University |
| 💼 Occupation | Founder and CEO, Activate, Inc. |
| 📆 Years active | 1990's-Present |
| 🏢 Organisation | Activate Consulting |
| Works | The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives |
Michael J. Wolf is a businessman and management consultant. He has held leading positions in the consulting and entertainment industries.[1][2]
Education[edit]
Wolf graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. degree.
Career[edit]
As a senior partner at Booz Allen Hamilton Wolf founded and led the firm’s global communications, media and technology group and served as an executive board member. McKinsey & Company then hired Wolf as the managing partner of its global media and entertainment practice.[1][2]
As a consultant to the entertainment industry, he oversaw Comcast’s acquisition of AT&T’s cable television systems and overhauled Condé Nast’s costs. He worked with Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to develop its satellite television division.[1][3][4]
In 2005, as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Viacom’s MTV Networks, Wolf led the network’s technology and business operations.[5]
During his tenure at Viacom, Wolf advised Mark Zuckerberg, as noted in David Kirkpatrick’s 2010 book, The Facebook Effect.
In 2012, Daniel Loeb[6][7] nominated Wolf to join Yahoo!’s board. Wolf was elected and served until 2013.[2][8]
Sotheby’s elected Wolf to its board of directors in 2019.[2][9][10]
Since 2014, Wolf has been a featured speaker at the annual Wall Street Journal Tech Live, formerly D.Live conference.[2][11][12][13][14][15]
Currently, Wolf is Founder & CEO of the technology and strategy consulting company Activate Consulting.[4][2]
Book[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[3][4][16] and The Walt Disney Company.[3] Published in 1999, the book made a series of accurate predictions about the future of the media landscape in 2005. 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."[4] The Book’s central theme is the economic impact of the intersection between entertainment and technology.[3][4]
Publications[edit]
- The Entertainment Economy - Random House, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-8129-3042-8 Search this book on
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/business/media/mtv-is-expected-to-appoint-media-strategist-as-president.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-wolf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://amp.theguardian.com/society/1999/sep/08/guardiansocietysupplement5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://amp.theguardian.com/business/1999/sep/12/observerbusiness.theobserver4
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/2007/01/12/cx_0112varietymtv.html?sh=27a9c649fa2c – MTV Networks
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/05/13/ross-levinsohn-to-replace-scott-thompson-as-yahoo-ceo/?sh=7380ddb66bc2
- ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/13/silicon-valley-entrepreneur-legend-max-levchin-joins-yahoo-board-intuits-smith-and-weather-channelss-kenny-leave/
- ↑ https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/activist-investor-to-step-down-from-yahoo-board/
- ↑ https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/michael-j.-wolf-appointed-sothebys-board-directors-2019-05-10
- ↑ https://www.crainsnewyork.com/people-on-the-move/michael-j-wolf
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/activates-michael-wolf-predicts-whats-next-for-tech-and-media-in-2017-1477436031
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-wolf-whats-next-for-tech-and-media-in-2018-1508258936
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-tech-smarter-cameras-will-transform-everyday-life-1542150001
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-tech-facebooks-dominance-challenged-by-social-media-splinter-11571767201
- ↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/future-of-tech-gaming-to-become-next-dominant-technology-platform-11603299078%202020
- ↑ https://www.worldcat.org/title/entertainment-economy-how-mega-media-forces-are-transforming-our-lives/oclc/704889716/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br
External links[edit]
| MTV Networks |
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MTV Networks: CMT | Comedy Central | Logo | MTV | MTV2 | MTV En Español | MTV Networks Europe | MTV Networks Latin America | Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite/Nick Jr. | Noggin/The N | Spike TV | TV Land | VH1 | iFilm | Neopets | GameTrailers | NickToons Network | Nick GAS |
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