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Jim Lanzone
Born
James Lanzone[1]

(1971-01-20)January 20, 1971(age 53)
California,U.S.[1]
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles(BA)
Emory University(JD,MBA)
OccupationCEO ofYahoo Inc.
EmployerYahoo Inc.
SpouseShannon[1]

James Lanzone(born January 20, 1971) is an American businessman and the CEO ofYahoo Inc.Previously, he was CEO ofTinder.He is also the former president and CEO ofCBS Interactive,a top 10 Internet property that operated key websites includingCBS All Access,CNET,GameSpot,CBS News,Metacritic,CBS Sports,247 Sports,Scout Media,MaxPreps.com,TVGuide.com,Last.fmand many others. He took over as president from Neil Ashe in March 2011.[2]Lanzone later became the first chief digital officer ofCBS Corporation.Prior to joining CBS Interactive, Lanzone was the founder and CEO ofClicker.com,a search engine and discovery guide for Internet video and television funded byBill GurleyofBenchmark Capital,Geoff Yang ofRedpoint Ventures,Allen & Company,Qualcomm Ventures,SlingboxfounderBlake Krikorianand several others.[3]Clicker launched in beta at TechCrunch50 on September 14, 2009 and was acquired by CBS Corporation on March 4, 2011.[4][5]

Education

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Lanzone graduated with a bachelor's degree inpolitical sciencefrom theUniversity of California, Los Angelesin 1993.[6]He also holds a dual JD/MBA degree fromEmory University School of LawandEmory University Business School.[7]

Career

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In 1997, Lanzone co-founded eTour, an early provider of information retrieval and cost-per-lead services on the Web. By 1998, eTour had become a top 50 website and the Web's #1 ranked site in user frequency (1998 & 1999).[8]Lanzone continued to serve as president of eTour until it was acquired byAsk.com(then known as Ask Jeeves) in May 2001.

In addition to Ask.com's purchase of eTour, Lanzone was hired to lead product management and later served as senior vice president and general manager of Ask.com. Ask.com was purchased byBarry Diller'sIACin 2005, and shortly afterward, Lanzone was named CEO of Ask.com. He held this position until leaving IAC in 2008 to join Redpoint Ventures as entrepreneur in residence.[9]Upon his departure, Barry Diller credited Lanzone as "the principal executive responsible for Ask.com's turnaround".[10]One of Lanzone's primary achievements as CEO was the overhaul and rebranding of Ask Jeeves (renamed Ask.com). Noted technology reviewerWalt Mossbergpraised the new site as being "richer and better organized than typical Google results"[11]and "took greater strides than Google with their user interface",[12]while Chris Sherman of Search Engine Land called Ask.com the "Apple of Search".[13][14]Lanzone has also been credited by search engine expertDanny Sullivanfor 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.[15]

During his time leading digital at CBS, Lanzone was best known for driving the development of the company's numerous streaming services,[16]including the 2014 launch ofCBS All Access,home to original shows such asStar Trek: Discovery,Star Trek: Picard,The Good FightandJordan Peele's reboot ofThe Twilight Zone.[17]Lanzone's tenure as CEO also saw the development of the streaming servicesCBSN,CBS Sports HQ,ET Live (Entertainment Tonight), and several local versions of CBSN.[18]CBS Interactive grew from approximately 70 million monthly unique users to more than 190 million monthly unique users in the United States during that time.[19]In 2016, Lanzone was named byLeslie Moonvesas the first chief digital officer in the history of CBS Corporation.[20]

Lanzone departedViacomCBSin December 2019, moving toBenchmark Capitalto become executive-in-residence. On July 27, 2020,Match Groupannounced that it had appointed Lanzone as the new CEO of Tinder.[21]On September 10, 2021, he was announced as the new CEO ofYahoo,after the company was sold byVerizontoApollo Global Management.[22]

Personal

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Lanzone serves on the board of directors atGoPro[23]and the Newport Festivals Foundation,[24]producer of the annualNewport Folk FestivalandNewport Jazz Festivalin Newport, Rhode Island. He is also an active investor inHouseparty,acquired byEpic Games;Resy,acquired byAmerican Express;Aardvark,acquired byGoogle;Sapho, acquired byCitrix;Vurb,acquired bySnap;Tasty Labs,acquired byWalmart;Luvocracy,also acquired byWalmart;MasterClass;Thumbtack;Popshop Liveand several others.[25][26][27][28]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcThompson, Clifford, ed. (January 2008).Current Biography Yearbook (2007, with index 2001-2007).H. W. Wilson Company.ISBN9780824210847.
  2. ^Caroline McCarthy (2011-03-04)."CBS Interactive Hires Jim Lanzone as President".CNET. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-03-25.Retrieved2011-10-17.
  3. ^Brian Lam (2009-09-14)."Clicker: Like TV Guide for Web Video".Gizmodo.Retrieved2011-10-17.
  4. ^"A Clicker To Watch TV Online".
  5. ^"CBS Acquires TV Guide For Online Video Clicker, Jim Lanzone Named President Of CBS Interactive".TechCrunch.4 March 2011.Retrieved2020-02-06.
  6. ^"Entrepreneurship in Technology - An Evening w/ George Abe + All-Alumni Panel".UCLA Anderson.Apr 8, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon April 3, 2012.RetrievedApr 29,2019.
  7. ^Jim Lanzone; as told to Patricia R. Olsen (July 29, 2007)."I Fought the Law".The New York Times.RetrievedSeptember 1,2015.{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^"The Man Who Survived eTour, Grew Ask.com And Launched Clicker – with Jim Lanzone".Mixergy. 2010-06-11.Retrieved2011-10-17.
  9. ^Barry Schwartz (2008-01-09)."Jim Safka To Replace Jim Lanzone As CEO Of Ask.com".Search Engine Land.Retrieved2011-10-17.
  10. ^SEO Roundtable profile
  11. ^Walt Mossberg (2006-03-30)."Ask.Com's New Look Scores Big Points Against Search Rivals".All Things Digital.Retrieved2011-10-18.
  12. ^"Mossberg, Ask.com" Goes Much Further "Than Google".
  13. ^Chris Sherman (2007-09-07)."Search in the Year 2010".Search Engine Land.Retrieved2011-10-18.
  14. ^Greg Sterling (2007-06-04)."Ask Relaunches: Now Ask 3D".Search Engine Land.Retrieved2011-10-18.
  15. ^"10 big changes with search engines over my 20 years of covering them".Search Engine Land.April 17, 2016.
  16. ^"Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Jim Lanzone Leads CBS Interactive Into The Twilight Zone".Forbes.
  17. ^"Architect of CBS's Streaming Strategy to Depart".
  18. ^"CBS TELEVISION STATIONS AND CBS INTERACTIVE LAUNCH CBSN DALLAS-FORT WORTH".[permanent dead link]
  19. ^"CBS Interactive Sets CEO Baton Pass From Jim Lanzone To Marc DeBevoise".4 November 2019.
  20. ^"Jim Lanzone Named Chief Digital Officer for CBS Corp".13 June 2016.
  21. ^"CBS Veteran Jim Lanzone Named Tinder CEO".The Hollywood Reporter.27 July 2020.
  22. ^"Yahoo Names Jim Lanzone, Ex-Tinder and CBS Interactive Boss, as CEO".10 September 2021.
  23. ^"GoPro Appoints Jim Lanzone to Board of Directors".investor.gopro.com.Retrieved2020-08-15.
  24. ^"Our Team".Newport Festivals Foundation.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-06-11.Retrieved2020-08-15.
  25. ^"This Week in Startups".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-01-03.Retrieved2011-10-17.
  26. ^Search Engine Land article on Aardvark on investors
  27. ^AngelList: Tasty Labs
  28. ^"AngelList".AngelList.
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Business positions
Preceded by
Guru Gowrappan
 Yahoo! CEO
2021–present 		Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by
Elie Seidman
 Tinder CEO
2020–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
n/a
 Chief Digital Officer
2016–2019 		Succeeded by
Marc DeBevoise
Preceded by
Neil Ashe
 CBS Interactive president and CEO
2011–2019 		Succeeded by
Marc DeBevoise
Preceded by
n/a
 Clicker CEO
2009–2011 		Succeeded by
n/a
Preceded by
Steve Berkowitz
 Ask.com CEO
2006–2008 		Succeeded by
Jim Safka
Preceded by
n/a
 eTour
1997–2001 		Succeeded by
n/a
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