Jason Ojalvo

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Jason Ojalvo
Born
New York
Alma materBachelor's degree from Lafayette College
MBA from Columbia University
OccupationCEO of Tushy
Awards Audie Awards in 2003 and 2008
55th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album

Jason Ojalvo is an American business executive and former audiobook producer who has worked in various fields of digital entertainment. Ojalvo is the CEO of Tushy, a company that sells bidet attachments for toilets. [1] [2] [3] He is a former vice president of Audible [4]

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Education

Ojalvo earned his bachelor's degree from Lafayette College and later, MBA from Columbia University. [5]

Early life Career

Ojalvo began his career at Disc Makers, a company that produced CDs for independent artists and labels. [6] He then moved to Fluidity, a fitness brand, where he led operations, and later to Bolt, an early social networking site, where he was in charge of business development. [7] [8] In 2003, Ojalvo moved to London to join The Orchard, a digital music distributor. [9] He later became the global head of marketing and business development for the company, expanding its distribution and retail partnerships. [9]

In 2006, Ojalvo joined Audible, a division of Amazon, as content vice president. [4] [10] He was responsible for creating and running Audible Studios, [11] the company's in-house production arm, which won a Grammy Award in 2013 and received several award nominations every year. While at Amazon, he founded and ran Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), [12] [13] an online marketplace that connects authors, narrators, and publishers to produce audiobooks. [14] [15]

In 2017, Ojalvo relocated to Los Angeles to become the CEO of Adventures in Wonderland, a company that creates events for fans to connect with musicians. [16] [17] He was hired to explore new verticals in sports, film, television, comedy, and more for the company, which was co-founded by actor and musician Jared Leto. [17] [18]

In 2018, Ojalvo was appointed the CEO of Tushy. [19] [20] During the Coronavirus pandemic, he oversaw the company's response to a surge of demand for Tushy's bidet. [21] [22] [1] [23]

Awards

Jason won the Audie awards in 2003 and 2008. [4] During the 55th annual Grammy awards, he won Best Spoken Word Album. [24]

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