Mika Salmi
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Mika Salmi (born 16 November 1965) is a Finnish-American entrepreneur, and executive in technology and media.
Biography[edit]
Mika Salmi has been a pioneer in creative and technology industries, founding Atom Films – a forerunner in short-form, user-created content – in 1998, preceding YouTube by several years. He also ran the internet’s most popular casual games web sites, Addicting Games and Shockwave and built one of the first sports tracking apps, which he sold to Betaworks. He has discovered Grammy, Oscar, and Emmy recognized artists, and has been profiled in dozens of trade, business and lifestyle publications and is a voting member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences[1].
For his role in the tech transformation of entertainment, the Wall Street Journal featured a front-page feature on Salmi; Vanity Fair named Salmi part of The Next Establishment, on a 2008 list that included Elon Musk and Tina Fey; and a 2000 Bloomberg Businessweek profile of Salmi stated he was almost 'the Man'. USA Today placed Salmi on a list of tech people to watch in 2001, in an article stating that Salmi's biggest challenge might be to get people to watch content on their computer screens.
At Atom Films, he provided the first online video platform for Oscar winners Jason Reitman[2][3], Aardman Animation[4], and David Lynch[5], as well as Emmy winners South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker[6].
Prior to founding Atom, Salmi worked in the music business at Sony Music and TVT Records, discovering[7] and bringing Grammy-winning artists Nine Inch Nails and Presidents of the United States of America to the labels. At Atom, Salmi offered the first video platform for Oscar-winning director Jason Reitman, Oscar-nominated artists JibJab, and several other artists who would receive Oscar nominations.
Salmi was CEO and founder of Atom Entertainment, AtomFilms, Shockwave, and Addicting Games – which together were ranked in the top 20 most popular entertainment websites and had over 28 million monthly active users[8]. Sequoia Capital, led by Michael Moritz, was the lead investor in Atom Entertainment[9]. Atom Entertainment was purchased by Viacom for $200 million in 2006[10]. From 2006 to 2009, Salmi promoted new media as president of global digital media for MTV Networks/Viacom. At a time of change for the media industry, Salmi is credited with helping MTV transition to digital.[11]
In 2009, he created MadRaces, one of the first sports gaming apps, which he sold to Betaworks[12]. He then became CEO of CreativeLive, the groundbreaking live video education company[13][14]. He then became a senior advisor to The Raine Group[15], while also being an angel investor for Sequoia Capital and Accel. Today Mika Salmi is Managing Partner at the European venture capital firm Lakestar, known for investments in Airbnb, Blockchain, Glovo, Public, Revolut, and Spotify.[16] He served on the board of international business school INSEAD, where he earned his MBA, and spearheaded the opening of its fourth location.[17]
Regularly included in lists of industry trailblazers, Salmi has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter, Forbes, Fortune, Wired and numerous international publications. He has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Newsweek, USA Today, Business Week, and several other US and foreign newspapers. Salmi has appeared on television news programs and morning talk shows, including ABC News, BBC News, CNN, CNBC, and The Today Show, and has delivered high profile keynote speeches around the world.
Salmi has an MBA from INSEAD.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/1968162
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/30/movies/now-playing-short-stories-at-a-web-theater-near-you.html?referringSource=articleShare
- ↑ https://www.screendaily.com/atomfilms-trusts-in-sundance-short/401111.article
- ↑ https://variety.com/2000/digital/news/aardman-s-angry-at-atomfilms-site-1117780457/
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/mar/23/news.davidlynch
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-08-fi-41765-story.html
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-03-19/mika-salmi-net-movie-mogul
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-03-19/mika-salmi-net-movie-mogul
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2006/08/10/viacoms-mtv-unit-buys-atom-entertainment-for-its-film-gaming-web-sites/9ee20b7c-da10-4441-9a8a-ba84396167da/
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2006/08/10/viacoms-mtv-unit-buys-atom-entertainment-for-its-film-gaming-web-sites/9ee20b7c-da10-4441-9a8a-ba84396167da/
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/i-want-my-web-mtv-85981
- ↑ https://observer.com/2011/04/betaworks-is-building-a-big-new-gaming-company/
- ↑ https://fortune.com/2014/02/04/10-questions-mika-salmi-ceo-creativelive/
- ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/14/with-2m-creatives-and-1b-minutes-of-video-served-creativelive-lands-21-5m-to-bring-free-live-courses-to-the-worlds-creative-entrepreneurs/
- ↑ https://www.vox.com/2014/12/17/11633868/raine-group-adds-online-video-pioneer-mika-salmi-as-adviser
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/investment-lakestar-idUSL5N2AO2XJ
- ↑ https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/insead-inaugurates-san-francisco-hub-for-business-innovation-the-schools-firs/
External links[edit]
- Newsweek profile
- Hollywood Reporter Top 50
- Vanity Fair "Next Establishment"
- Business Week Profile
- USA Today Profile
- 2006 Business Week Profile
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