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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$63.2M
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Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, on the Internet. Audible specializes in the spoken experience, providing digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines, original programming, and TV and radio subscriptions. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady computer-based and wireless mobile devices. Audible has over 50,000 audio programs from more than 600 content providers that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible is the preeminent provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple's iTunes Store. Consumers shop, purchase, and download audio content from www.audible.com (United States), www.audiblekids.com (Audible Kids), www.audible.co.uk (United Kingdom), www.audible.de (Germany), or www.audible.fr (France) directly to personal computers for listening in a variety of ways. Most of our customers download audio to their PCs and Macs and then transfer the audio to MP3 players, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or to smart mobile devices (SMDs) for listening on the go. Others transfer, or "burn," the content to audio CDs, while some customers simply listen at their computers or through a digital home entertainment network. ...
Number of Employees 172
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NAICS Code All Other Business Support Services: 561499
Recent Events
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Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Scottoline and Lee Child Contribute to New
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Audible Announces New “Modern Vanguard� Line of Audiobooks
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Amazon Opens Wallet, Buys Zappos
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Amazon buys out Audible.de
Amazon is taking control of German audiobook retailer Audible.de, a joint venture between Audible.com and publishers Random House and Lubbe. Amazon has reportedly submitted a request to buy out the firm to Germany’s Federal Cartel Office. Audible.de...
Get 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' Audiobook Free from Audible
Before Who Moved My Cheese? and Getting Things Done, there was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey's seminal work on improving your personal and professional life. If you never got around to buying it (or bought it and never read it -- come on, fess up), here's...
Audible.com Wins Audiobook of the Year: The Chopin Manuscript Named 2008 Audie Award Winner
NEWARK, N.J. -- The leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the groundbreaking, original novel The Chopin Manuscript has been named "Audiobook of the Year" by the Audio Publishers Association. Announced last weekend at The Audies[R] gala in...
Audible Announces BREAKOUT THRILLERS, a New Recommendation Program with the International Thriller Writers
NEWARK, N.J. -- The leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced BREAKOUT THRILLERS, a new monthly co-marketing program with the International Thriller Writers ITW, the world's leading organization of thriller writers. BREAKOUT THRILLERS is designed to introduce the...
Amazon.com completes Audible acquisition
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Amazon.com Completes Tender Offer for Audible
SEATTLE -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the completion of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBL). The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, March 14, 2008.
Amazon.com Completes Initial Tender Offer for Audible and Announces Subsequent Offering Period to Expire March 14, 2008
SEATTLE -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the completion of its initial tender offer for all outstanding shares of Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBL). The tender offer expired at 12:00 Midnight, New York City time, at the end of Monday, March 10, 2008.
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Acadia, Allergan, Audible and Amazon
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD), Allergan (NYSE: AGN), Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq:...
Audible.com Shareholder Red Oak Partners, LLC Opposes Proposed Acquisition of Company for $11.50/Share by Amazon.com
NEW YORK -- Red Oak Partners, LLC, a shareholder of Audible.com stock ticker ADBL, has disclosed today that it sent a letter to the Chairman of Audible.com as well as the Chairman of Amazon.com ticker AMZN criticizing the proposed acquisition of Audible at $11.50./share as representing an unfair price. David...
Audible Announces Fourth Quarter 2007 Financial Results
NEWARK, N.J. -- Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBL; www.audible.com), the leader in spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming on the Internet, today announced unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007.
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Donald R. Katz | CEO |
| Glenn Rogers | Coo |
| Guy Story Jr. | Chief Scientist & Senior Vice President, Business Dev |
| Roscoe Orman | Chief Storyteller |
| William H. Mitchell | Cfo |
| Brian M. Fielding | Executive Vice President, Content & Legal Affairs |
| Foy C. Sperring | Executive Vice President, Customer Acq |
| Anthony T. Nash | Vice President |
| Brian Fitzgerald | Vice President |
| David Joseph | Vice President, Communications & Strategy |
| Jonathan Cowit | Vice President, Interactive Marketing |
| Will Lopes | Vice President, Customer Experience |
| Beth Anderson | Executive Vice President and Publisher |
| Edwin J Lau | Co-Founder |
| Greg Hohman | Director of Partnership Marketing at Audible, Inc. |
| Jonathan Korzen | Director, Corp Communications |
| Aileen Gonsalves | Narrator |
| Art Buchwald | Narrator |
| Arthur Smith | Narrator |
| Christopher Timothy | Narrator |
| Claire Bloom | Narrator |
| Colin Salmon | Narrator |
| Dan Cashman | Narrator |
| Danny Wallace | Narrator |
| David Dukes | Narrator |
| David Rintoul | Narrator |
| Daxing Zhang | Narrator |
| Erik Synnesvetd | Narrator |
| Fred Rogers | Narrator |
| Gordon Griffin | Narrator |
| Helene Godin | General Counsel |
| Jeremy Kyle | Narrator |
| Jim Killavey | Narrator |
| Joanna David | Narrator |
| Joe Rodriguez | Narrator |
| John Rubinstein | Narrator |
| Joseph Campanella | Narrator |
| Larry King | Narrator |
| Lorna Raver | Narrator |
| Marc Cashman | Narrator |
| Margaret Maldonado Jackson | Narrator |
| Miles Chapin | Narrator |
| Nigel Davenport | Narrator |
| Paul J. Batura | Narrator |
| Renee Raudman | Narrator |
| Richard Branson | Narrator |
| Richard McGonagle | Narrator |
| Robert Whitfield | Narrator |
| Ruth Bloomquist | Narrator |
| Sheridan Morley | Narrator |
| Walter Koenig | Narrator |
| Oren Zeev | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| William H. Washecka | Chairman |
| Alan J. Patricof | Board of Directors |
| James P. Bankoff | Board of Directors |
| Johannes Mohn | Board of Directors |
| Richard Sarnoff | Board of Directors |
| Winthrop Knowlton | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Homesmarthome.Com | Chairman and CEO | Current |
| Uncommon Schools, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Wenner Media LLC | Editor | Former |
| Men's Journal LLC | Editor | Former |
| The Outside | Editor | Former |
| The London School of Economics | Former | |
| University of Chicago | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Coo | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Chief Scientist & Senior Vice President, Business Dev | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Chief Storyteller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Phonemag | Chief Financial | Current |
| Audible, Inc. | Cfo | Current |
| Anomaly Radio | Chief Financial Officer | Current |
| Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Telecommunications Ltd | Chief Operating Officer | Former |
| Enliven Marketing Technologies Corporation | Cfo | Former |
| MaxWorldwide, Inc. | Cfo | Former |
| Bigfoot Interactive, Inc. | Executive Vice President and Cfo | Former |
| Telecommunications Ltd | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Content & Legal Affairs | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Customer Acq | Current |
Anthony T. Nash , age 50, has been our Vice President-Corporate Controller since August 2006 and a director since March 2008. Mr. Nash joined Audible in February 1997 and has held various financial roles within the Company including, Director of Finance and Senior Director of Finance. Mr. Nash has over twenty-five years of finance and accounting experience in various industries.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Vice President, Communications & Strategy | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Vice President, Interactive Marketing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Vice President, Customer Experience | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Executive Vice President and Publisher | Current |
Mr. Lau is a Managing Director of IVPI-US. Dr. Lau joined IVPI-US in 2003, providing vast experience in the technology field, having spent the past 24 years with several U.S. technology companies, including software companies. Prior to joining IVPI-US, Dr. Lau was Vice-Chairman and Co-founder of Newmoon Systems, Inc., which was subsequently sold to Tarantella, Inc. Dr. Lau is a co-founder of Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBL). Dr. Lau holds three patents with two patent applications currently pending. Dr. Lau holds Doctorate and Master of Science in Computer Science degrees from the University of California Berkeley, and an AB in Computer Science and Mathematics from New York University.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| University of California, Berkeley | Doctorate and Master of Science In Computer Science Degrees | Former |
| Audible, Inc. | Co-Founder | Current |
| New York University | Ab In Computer Science and Mathematics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | Director of Partnership Marketing at Audible, Inc. | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | Director, Corp Communications | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
Arthur Smith is best known as a comedian, a broadcaster and an opening bat for Grumpy Old Men. But he has also been a West End playwright (his plays include An Evening with Gary Lineker), an English teacher, a failed rock star, a busker, a road sweeper and a bombsite boy in post-war Bermondsey. Smith was one of the 'alternative comedians' who shook up light entertainment in the eighties and remains a legend at the Edinburgh Festival fringe where he has been feted and arrested.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
Danny Wallace was bored. Just to see what would happen, he placed a whimsical ad in a local London paper. It said, simply, 'Join Me'. Within a month, he was receiving letters and emails from teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren and pensioners - all pledging allegiance to his cause. But no one knew what his cause was.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | General Counsel | Current |
| Phonemag | Corporate Counsel | Current |
| Phonemag | Vice President | Former |
| Audible, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| National Broadcasting Company, Inc. | Counsel | Former |
| The Singer Company | Associate | Former |
| The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
For years, Margaret Maldonado Jackson was a celebrant of the good life, living with her Prince Charming - Jermaine - at the Jackson family estate in Encino, California. A former teenage runaway who had barely survived life in the fast lane, she had felt fortunate to be welcomed into the Jackson clan. So why, in 1993, was she running for her life with her children? What had happened to this young woman to make her feel so threatened and so alone?
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
In Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story, author Paul J. Batura follows the remarkable life of one of the founding fathers of the news media. Paul Harvey started his career during the Great Depression and narrated America's story day by day, through wars and peace, the threat of communism and the crumbling of old colonial powers, consumer booms and eventual busts.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Narrator | Current |
William H. Washecka , age 59, has been a director since June 2004. Since August 2002, Mr. Washecka has been an independent consultant. From December 2004 to December 2006, Mr. Washecka was the Chief Financial Officer of Prestwick Pharmaceuticals Inc. From June 2001 to August 2002, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of USinternetworking, Inc. While serving in this capacity, Mr. Washecka led USinternetworking through a restructuring under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Prior to that time, from 1972, Mr. Washecka was employed by Ernst & Young LLP where he was promoted to partner in 1986. Mr. Washecka is a certified public accountant. Mr. Washecka is also a director of Online Resources Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed outsourcer of online banking and payment services, and Avalon Pharmaceuticals, a Nasdaq-listed biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of potential first-in-class cancer therapeutics .
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Audible, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Online Resources Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Eletronicsbuzz.Com | Director | Current |
| Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Usinternetworking, Inc. | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Usinternetworking, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Prestwick Pharmaceuticals, Inc | Executive Vice President | Former |
| Usinternetworking, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Ernst & Young | partner | Former |
| Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| Baruch College | BS In Accounting | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Technoserve, Inc. | Managing Director, Greycroft, LLC | Current |
| Apax Partners Ltd. | Co-Founder | Current |
| Village Ventures, Inc. | Founder, Greycroft Partners and Apax Partners | Current |
| The World Bank | Advisor | Current |
| Columbia Business School | trustee | Current |
| Boston Properties, Inc. | Chair | Current |
| Gpx Realty Partners, L.P. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Apax Partners Ltd. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Audible, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Johnny Rockets Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| The Newsmarket, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Voodoovox | Director | Current |
| Handmark, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Technoserve, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Village Ventures, Inc. | Advisory Board Member | Current |
| Throughproxy.Com | Board of Directors | Current |
| Gpx Enterprises, L.P. | Board of Directors | Current |
| National Foundation | Board Member | Current |
| Boston Properties, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Newsmarket, Inc. | co-investor | Current |
| Handmark, Inc. | co-investor | Current |
| Office Depot, Inc. | financing, and subsequent strategic guidance | Former |
| AOL LLC | financing, and subsequent strategic guidance | Former |
| FORE Systems, Inc. | financing, and subsequent strategic guidance | Former |
| Apple Inc. | financing, and subsequent strategic guidance | Former |
| Zinio Systems, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Columbia University | MBA | Former |
| Columbia Business School | MBA | Former |
| The Ohio State University | BS in finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Providence Equity Partners Inc. | Senior Adviser | Current |
| Audible, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Johannes Mohn , age 57, has been a director since April 2001. Since June 2001, Mr. Mohn has been serving as Executive Vice President of Corporate Media Technology at Bertelsmann AG. From December 1998 to May 2001, Mr. Mohn served as Vice President of Media Technology at Direct Group, Bertelsmann AG. From May 1995 to November 1998, Mr. Mohn served as Managing Director of Bertelsmann Kalender GmbH, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG and also served as Managing Director of Mohndruck Kalender und Promotion Verlag GmbH, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, and Dohse & Broelemann GmbH. Unless marked otherwise, proxies received will be voted for the election of the nominee named above.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Bertelsmann AG | Executive Vice President of Corporate Media Technology | Current |
| Principius | Director | Current |
| Audible, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Direct Group | Vice President of Media Technology | Former |
| Bertelsmann AG | Head, Media Technology | Former |
Oren Zeev , age 42, has been a director since August 2003. Mr. Zeev is currently an independent investor. Mr. Zeev was employed at Apax Partners, L.P. from 1995 to 2007, and served as a partner since 1999. In his most recent position at Apax Partners, Mr. Zeev headed the Tech & Telecom Group in the U.S. Mr. Zeev has extensive experience investing in areas such as digital media and consumer driven electronics. Prior to joining Apax Partners in 1995, Mr. Zeev was a research staff member at the IBM Israel Science and Technology Center. Mr. Zeev also serves on the Board of Directors of Mobixell Networks, Transera Communications, Inc., Pictage Inc, and Smartshopper Inc.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Mobixell Networks Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Transera Communications Inc | Board of Directors | Current |
| Audible, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Technology Center, Inc. | Board of Directors | Former |
| INSEAD | MBA | Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | BS | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| The Random House Group, Ltd. | President, Corporate Development, Random House Ventures & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Audible, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| The Princeton Review, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Activision Blizzard, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Xlibris Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Principius | Director | Current |
| Ebrary, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Vocel, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| American Reading Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Princeton University Press | Former | |
| Bertelsmann AG | Board of Directors | Former |
| Harvard Business School | M.B.A. degree | Former |
| Harvard University | MBA | Former |
| Princeton University | B.A. Degree | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Audible, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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