Jeffrey Scott Edell

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Jeffrey Scott Edell
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NationalityAmerican
Alma mater McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia
OccupationTech & Entertainment CEO
Years active1990–present
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Jeffrey Scott Edell is an American entrepreneur in the entertainment, media, and tech industries. [1] [2] He was the CEO and Chairman of MeWe, a web3 social media and social networking service, from 2021 to 2025. [3] [4] [5]

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Jeffrey Edell is best known for his role as a top executive at numerous entertainment and technology organizations such as: CEO and president of Soundelux Entertainment Group, Chairman of Intermix Media (former parent company of MySpace) [6] and eLabor.com (formerly jeTECH Data Systems [7] [8] ) CEO of Inferno Pictures, [9] CFO of Cinedigm, [10] president and COO of DIC Entertainment, as well as former president and CFO of WTG Entertainment Enterprises. [11] Edell is also co-founder and Chairman of IndieU [12] and Ohana Chem Co. LLC along with his daughter Natalie Edell. [13] In early 2021, Edell was named CEO of MeWe. [14]

Education

Edell attended Lehigh University to pursue a Pre-Medicine path and later transferred to the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, where he graduated with a B.S. in Commerce with an emphasis in Accounting and Taxation. [15] He served as Associate Professor at Florida State University [16] and was Entrepreneur in Residence for the Motion Pictures Arts College from 2014 to 2016. [17] During his time at KPMG, [18] Edell obtained his Certified Public Accountant certification.

Career

As CEO of MeWe, Edell orchestrated a $27 million Series A round led by private company McCourt Global, which contributed $15 million. Previous investors contributed another $12 million—the round values MeWe at approximately $200 million. [3]

From 1995 to 2001, he served as a production executive for films such as Braveheart , Face/Off , The Mask of Zorro , Gladiator , Almost Famous , and Shrek . Starting in 2009, Edell's companies have produced films such as The Kids Are All Right , [19] Just Friends , Killer Elite , Hachi: A Dog's Tale , and The Grey . While Edell was the chief executive officer of Soundelux, Soundelux performed work for films such as Gladiator and Braveheart , among other films, which won multiple BAFTA and Academy Awards. [20] [21]

Edell was a producer and actor on the 2013 Lifetime movie Taken for Ransom (originally named Life Saver) with his wife Elaine Hastings Edell, [22] [2] [23] a producer for various other films, and an actor in National Lampoon's Movie Madness (formerly National Lampoon's Goes to the Movies). In 2019, Edell was a producer of the thriller film Deadly Excursion (Paradise Prey). He also serves as co-executive producer of the 2020 animated series, The Freak Brothers , [24] [25] based on the comic book series of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers . The series was renewed for Season 2 to be released in December 2022. [26] In May 2020, it was announced that the main characters in the series will be voiced by A-list celebrities including Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Tiffany Haddish, and Pete Davidson. [13] In 2021, Tubi announced that The Freak Brothers was the most-watched program on the platform. [27]

Edell is also known for overseeing and managing the development of brands such as Inspector Gadget and Strawberry Shortcake during his tenure at DIC Entertainment, [28] [29] as well as partnering with Stan Lee and POW! Entertainment [30] on a game titled Stan Lee's Superhero Ball Wars. [31] Edell was interviewed by journalist Julia Angwin in her 2009 book Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America because of his role as Chairman of Intermix Media. [6] Edell was also interviewed in 2022 by David Ryan Polgar on the All Tech Is Human podcast, which promotes the Responsible Tech field. [32]

Edell was featured in Start It, Sell It & Make a Mint: 20 Wealth-Creating Secrets for Business Owners by Joe John Duran. He also won the Master Award in Comic Collecting from the Certified Guaranty Company's Collectors Society, [33] and served as goalie for the US Maccabi World Team at the Olympics in 2004. [15] Edell is also Advisor, Chairman, and Co-Founder of Ohana Chem Co, LLC, a hemp extraction solvent supplier specializing in ethanol, hydrocarbons, and logistics. [34]

Edell's tenure at Soundelux garnered him recognition as Nasdaq and Ernst and Young's ‘Entertainment Entrepreneur of the Year' in 2000 [29] [16] [35] and admission to both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. [36] He is also a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Young Presidents Organization, and a contributing member of the Rolling Stones Culture Council. [37]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleRef.
1982 Movie Madness Actor [38]
1995 Braveheart Production Executive [39]
1997 Face/Off Production Executive [40]
1998 The Mask of Zorro Production Executive [41]
2000 Almost Famous Production Executive [42]
2000 Gladiator Production Executive [43]
2000 True Rights Co-Producer [44]
2001 Shrek Production Executive [45]
2009 Hachi: A Dog's Tale Production Executive [46]
2010 The Kids Are All Right Production Executive [47]
2011 Dirty Little Trick Executive Producer [48]
2011 The Grey Production Executive [49]
2011 Killer Elite Production Executive [50]
2013Final Recourse (Taken for Ransom)Producer & Actor [51]
2019Deadly Excursion (Paradise Prey)Producer [52]
2020-2021 The Freak Brothers (TV show)Co-Executive Producer [53]

References

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  2. 1 2 Block, Alex Ben (June 9, 2014). "Jeffrey Edell Joins Cinedigm as CFO". The Hollywood Reporter .
  3. 1 2 Johnson, Arianna. "Facebook Alternative MeWe Raises $27 Million To Help It Become A Household Name". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Fischer, Sara (September 20, 2022). "Facebook alternative MeWe to join Project Liberty protocol". Axios.
  5. ↑ "MeWe Appoints Carlos Betancourt as CEO to Lead Bold Move Into Web3 and Freedom of Speech". EIN Presswire. July 11, 2025. Retrieved September 9, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Angwin, Julia (March 17, 2009). Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN   9781588367693 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "jeTECH Data Systems Is Award Finalist". Los Angeles Times. 1998-06-30. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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  9. ↑ Swart, Pamela McClintock,Sharon; McClintock, Pamela; Swart, Sharon (March 3, 2010). "Inferno gets new topper".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Jeffrey Edell Joins Cinedigm as CFO". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  11. ↑ Ball, Ryan (2008-06-20). "Cookie Jar, DIC Merge". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  12. ↑ "Entrepreneurial dad, daughter to speak". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  13. 1 2 Pedersen, Erik (May 7, 2020). "'The Freak Brothers': Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson & Tiffany Haddish Set As Leads For Toon Series Based On Cult Comics".
  14. ↑ Spangler, Todd (2021-04-12). "MeWe Names Hollywood Veteran Jeffrey Edell CEO of Zero-Advertising Social Media Service". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  15. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2020-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. 1 2 Florida State University Entrepreneur in Residence: Jeffrey Edell, 6 June 2014, retrieved 2020-05-11
  17. ↑ "FSU Entrepreneur in Residence: Jeffrey Edell". July 30, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Home - KPMG Global". KPMG. November 20, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Cinedigm Taps Jeffrey Edell To Be CFO". Deadline. 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  20. ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (2014-02-03). "Supervising Sound Editor and Designer Lon Bender Joins Formosa Group". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  21. ↑ "Soundelux". LA 411. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  22. ↑ "Big screen, small town". Shelbyville Times-Gazette. 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  23. ↑ "Jeffrey S. Edell". IMDb.
  24. ↑ Alejandro Chavez. "Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers television show coming in 2020, from 'King of the Hill', 'Silicon Valley' writers; 'Workaholics' alumni to star – Nuke The Fridge" . Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  25. ↑ Bloom, David. "Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers To Fly Flag In Animated Series". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  26. ↑ Burton, Carson (May 2, 2022). "'The Freak Brothers' Renewed for Season 2 at Tubi in Streamer's First Ever Renewal".
  27. ↑ Gruenwedel, Erik (November 22, 2021). "Tubi Says 'The Freak Brothers' Most-Watched Program on Platform".
  28. ↑ "DIC Entertainment Launches the First Kids' Online Cartoon Channel, www.kewlcartoons.com". www.businesswire.com. 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  29. 1 2 "Management". WTG Enterprises. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  30. ↑ "Jeffrey Edell Joins Cinedigm as CFO". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  31. ↑ Stan Lee's Ball Wars - Stan Lee's LA Comic Con 2016, 29 March 2017, retrieved 2020-02-05
  32. ↑ "All Tech Is Human Library Podcast Series #14 | Jeffrey Edell". All Tech Is Human.
  33. ↑ "Public User Home". comics.www.collectors-society.com. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  34. ↑ "Ohana Chem Co". Ohana Chem Co.
  35. ↑ "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Background and History". June 30, 2021.
  36. ↑ "Unassociated Document". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  37. ↑ Edell, Jeffrey (September 27, 2022). "Is Social Media Really 'Social' Anymore?". Rolling Stone .
  38. ↑ "Movie Madness". IMDb. April 23, 1982.
  39. ↑ "Braveheart". IMDb. May 24, 1995.
  40. ↑ "Face/Off". IMDb. June 27, 1997.
  41. ↑ "The Mask of Zorro". IMDb. July 17, 1998.
  42. ↑ "Almost Famous". IMDb. September 22, 2000.
  43. ↑ "Gladiator". IMDb. May 5, 2000.
  44. ↑ "True Rights". IMDb. June 26, 2000.
  45. ↑ "Shrek". IMDb. May 18, 2001.
  46. ↑ "Hachi: A Dog's Tale". IMDb. March 12, 2010.
  47. ↑ "The Kids Are All Right". IMDb. July 30, 2010.
  48. ↑ "Dirty Little Trick". IMDb. November 8, 2011.
  49. ↑ "The Grey". IMDb. January 27, 2012.
  50. ↑ "Killer Elite". IMDb. September 23, 2011.
  51. ↑ "Final Recourse". IMDb. December 16, 2013.
  52. ↑ "Deadly Excursion". IMDb. February 1, 2019.
  53. ↑ "The Freak Brothers". IMDb. November 14, 2021.
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