Next Jump is a privately held technology and services company that provides employee engagement and rewards programs to large corporations. The firm was founded in 1994 by Charlie Kim and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Boston, San Francisco, and London.
On May 31, 2024, co-CEOs[1] Charlie Kim and Meghan Messenger were arrested on charges of bribing then U.S. Navy Admiral Robert P. Burke to steer government contracts to NextJump in exchange for an offer of employment.[2]
Partnerships and acquisitions
LivingSocial
In April 2011, LivingSocial announced a partnership with Next Jump that allows LivingSocial to present its daily offers to consumers in the Next Jump network.[3] On June 9, 2011, Next Jump introduced OO.com as the first product from this partnership. On this site, people enter their zipcode and are presented with a map showing LivingSocial deals, and get rewarded with points if they buy something.[4] As of 2021, the partnership effort is known as WOW Perks.
Flightcaster
In January 2011, the firm acquired a start-up called FlightCaster that helps people predict flight delays.[5]
Management style
Next Jump is featured as a case study in the 2016 book, "An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization", as an example of a "deliberately developmental organization". Authors Kegan and Lahey say that Next Jump incorporates a number of management, coaching and teaching practices that are "organized around the simple but radical conviction that organizations will best prosper when they are more deeply aligned with people's strongest motive, which is to grow."[6]
Navy contract scandal and CEO arrests
On May 31, 2024, former U.S. Navy admiral Robert P. Burke, who once served as Vice Chief of U.S. Naval Operations and who also took a job at Next Jump following his retirement from Navy, was arrested on bribery charges which were related to steering a $355,000 Navy contract for work force training to Next Jump in exchange for a $500,000-a-year job at the company as well as stock options.[7][8][9][10] The same day, Next Jump co-CEOs Charles Kim and Meghan Messenger were arrested as well.[9] In May 2025, Burke was convicted of conspiracy and bribery, and on September 16, 2025, was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence.[10]
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