Jarl Mohn is an American venture capital investor, art collector, and philanthropist, who focuses primarily on startups in the Los Angeles area.
17 Facts About Jarl Mohn
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Jarl Mohn served as the president and CEO of NPR from 2014 to 2019 and now serves as its president emeritus.
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Jarl Mohn spent almost 20 years in radio, working mostly as a disc jockey under the name Lee Masters, including two years at WNBC in New York City.
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From 1986 until 1990 Jarl Mohn served as executive vice president and general manager at MTV and VH1.
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Jarl Mohn led the team that transitioned MTV from a 24-hour music-video service to a teen and young adult lifestyle channel, reversing a dramatic ratings decline and resulting in increases in audience and revenue.
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Jarl Mohn served as its president and CEO from 1990 to 1998.
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Jarl Mohn was founding president and CEO of Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in cable networks, the Internet and online businesses.
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Jarl Mohn made over 60 early-stage venture investments, including in StubHub, App Annie, Red Car Wine, FreshPet, Oxygen Media, Bitium and Riot Games.
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Jarl Mohn was a board member of the EW Scripps Company and Scripps Networks between 2002 and 2018.
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Jarl Mohn served as a director on the boards of XM Satellite Radio until it merged with Sirius in 2008, Comscore between 2008 and 2014, Riot Games until its sale to Tencent in 2011, and board chair of CNET until the sale to CBS in 2008.
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Jarl Mohn joined NPR as CEO on July 1,2014, the seventh CEO in eight years.
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Jarl Mohn came into an organization that had five years of net losses over the prior six years.
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The Morgan Lewis investigation found that Jarl Mohn was aware of complaints regarding Oreskes in 2015,2016, and 2017, but that his and NPR management's actions failed to correct Oreskes's behavior.
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Jarl Mohn pledged to make improvements following the release of the investigation.
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Jarl Mohn was the chair of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California for 15 years.
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Jarl Mohn manages The Mohn Family Foundation, which supports philanthropic missions in Los Angeles for social justice, civil liberties, public radio and the arts.
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Since 2002, Jarl Mohn has been a trustee of The Jarl Mohn Family Trust, which is an early-stage investor in startups primarily in the Los Angeles area.