James Lanzone was born on January 20,1971 and is an American businessman and the CEO of Yahoo Inc Previously, he was CEO of Tinder.
13 Facts About Jim Lanzone
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Jim Lanzone is the former president and CEO of CBS Interactive, a top 10 Internet property that operated key websites including CBS All Access, CNET, GameSpot, CBS News, Metacritic, CBS Sports, 247 Sports, Scout Media, MaxPreps.
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Jim Lanzone took over as president from Neil Ashe in March 2011.
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Jim Lanzone later became the first chief digital officer of CBS Corporation.
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Jim Lanzone graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1993.
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In 1997, Jim Lanzone co-founded eTour, an early provider of information retrieval and cost-per-lead services on the Web.
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Jim Lanzone continued to serve as president of eTour until it was acquired by Ask.
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Jim Lanzone held this position until leaving IAC in 2008 to join Redpoint Ventures as entrepreneur in residence.
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Jim Lanzone has been credited by search engine expert Danny Sullivan for popularizing the search engine trend of going beyond "10 blue links," instead "providing direct answers and new ways to interact with search results," later adopted by Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines.
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In 2016, Jim Lanzone was named by Leslie Moonves as the first chief digital officer in the history of CBS Corporation.
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Jim Lanzone departed ViacomCBS in December 2019, moving to Benchmark Capital to become executive-in-residence.
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Jim Lanzone serves on the board of directors at GoPro and the Newport Festivals Foundation, producer of the annual Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Jim Lanzone is an active investor in Houseparty, acquired by Epic Games; Resy, acquired by American Express; Aardvark, acquired by Google; Sapho, acquired by Citrix; Vurb, acquired by Snap; Tasty Labs, acquired by Walmart; Luvocracy, acquired by Walmart; MasterClass; Thumbtack; Popshop Live and several others.