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Michael J. Wolf is the Founder and CEO of Activate, Inc., a technology and strategy consulting firm based in New York City. He has served on the Board of Directors of several companies including: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), the multinational internet company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California,〔('Yahoo Appoints Michael J. Wolf to Board of Directors.” Seeking Alpha. May 14, 2012' ) (05.14.2012) ''Seeking Alpha'' at SeekingAlpha.com.com〕 Entercom Communications Corporation.〔('Entercom Communications Corp. Appoints Michael J. Wolf to Board of Directors.” Reuters. February 12, 2008' ) (02.12.2008) ''Reuters'' at Reuters.com〕 (NYSE: ETM), the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States, iAmplify.com,〔iAmplify, (Searching for online video's holy grail.” Fortune. February 4 2008.” Reuters. February 12, 2008' ) (02.04.2008) ''Fortune'' at CNNmoney.com〕 a Web-based content publisher/syndication network with the world's largest selection of expert video/audio downloads, and on the Board of Advisors for Slide.com,〔HollywoodReporter, (Michael J. Wolf joins Slide advisory board” Hollywoodreporter.com." April 30, 2009' ) (04.30.2009) ''Hollywood Reporter'' at Hollywoodreporter.com〕 a leading social entertainment company, which was sold to Google for approximately $200 million in August 2010. Michael J. Wolf was formerly the President and Chief Operating Officer of MTV Networks.〔(MTV Is Expected to Appoint Media Strategist as President.“ ''The New York Times'' November 01, 2005 )〕〔(Wolf is big dog at MTV.” Daily Variety. November 2, 2005' ) (11.02.2005) ''Daily Variety'' at findarticles.com.com〕 During his tenure at MTV Mr. Wolf became one of Mark Zuckerberg's early mentors, as chronicled in "The Facebook Effect", by David Kirkpatrick〔( ''The Facebook Effect'', by David Kirkpatrick ), (05.06.10), CCN at CNN.com〕 Wolf formerly was a Director of McKinsey & Company,〔('McKinsey WEF Biographies” ' ) (2004) ''Mckinsey & Company'' at mckinsey.com〕 the international consultancy, and Head of its Global Media and Entertainment Practice. Before joining McKinsey in 2001,〔('Michael Wolf Joins Rival McKinsey & Co.” The Los Angeles Times. March 9, 2001.” LA Times. March' ) (03.09.2001) ''LA Times'' at latimes.com〕 Wolf was a Senior Partner with Booz & Company, where he spearheaded its Media and Entertainment Group.〔Forbes Magazine, "Mergermania in Medialand”, Interview with Michael J. Wolf, Forbes. Published Forbes Magazine, October 23, 1995, (10.23.1995)〕 Wolf is the author of various publications on the subjects of entertainment,〔The Wall Street Journal, "Here Comes Another Wave Of Media Mergers.”, Published Wall Street Journal, (02.21.2002)〕 economics,〔The Wall Street Journal, "Digitizing MGM's Roar.” The Wall Street Journal.”, Published Wall Street Journal, (04.27.2004)〕 non-fiction, e-business〔("Will Social Networks on The Web Ever Make Money?" Forbes Online' ) (02.19.2009) ''Forbes'' at Forbes.com〕 strategies and the development of global media. Michael was named by Silicon Alley 100 as one New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010, 2012 and 2013.〔("Michael was named by Silicon Alley 100 as one New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010, 2012, and 2013." Business Insider' ) (10.26.2010) ''Business Insider'' at businessinsider.com〕 On February 14, 2012, activist shareholder Daniel S. Loeb, of Third Point Partners, named Wolf as part of the proposed slate of directors for the board of Yahoo, Inc. After joining the board, Wolf was instrumental in recruiting Marissa Mayer as Yahoo!'s President and CEO. His bestselling book on entertainment economics, "The Entertainment Economy: How Media Forces Are Transforming Our Lives" was published in the U.S. in 1999 and then globally. He is a frequent contributor and op-ed columnist for publications such as the Wall Street Journal,〔The Wall Street Journal, "Musical Bandits”, (05.01.2003)〕〔The Wall Street Journal, "In TV Land, Bigger Is Better”, (08.21.2000)〕〔The Wall Street Journal, "The Triumph of Broadband", (Jan.2000)〕 Forbes,〔Forbes Magazine, "Convergence", (August.2000)〕 and the ''New York Times'', and has written for a number of journals and business publications. Michael Wolf is also a well-known public speaker,〔('Michael J Wolf, The customer is in control.” SIME Conference 2008. )' (2008) ''Blip.tv''〕 entertainment economist and leader of media and entertainment programs, including heading panels〔('World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009' ), (Jan.2009), ''Info Systems'' at infosys.com〕 at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2009. Wolf graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. degree. ==Publications== * ''The Entertainment Economy'' - Random House, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-8129-3042-8 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Wolf (businessman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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