Vivek R. Shah

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Vivek R. Shah
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Alma mater Tufts University
OccupationCEO of Ziff Davis

Vivek R. Shah is an American businessman and chief executive officer of Ziff Davis, an American internet and digital media company. [1]

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Education

Shah holds a B.A. in political science from Tufts University. [2]

Career

Shah began his career in 1995 at Time Warner Inc. [3] He was named president of the Fortune/Money Group in 2007.[ citation needed ]

In 2010, Shah purchased technology publisher Ziff Davis, in partnership with private equity firm Great Hill Partners. [4] With the purchase, he became CEO of Ziff Davis. [5] He remained with Ziff Davis following its purchase by J2 Global in 2012. [6] Shah was appointed CEO of J2 Global, effective January 1, 2018. [7] In 2021, following J2 Global’s name change to Ziff Davis, Shah became the CEO of Ziff Davis, Inc., effective October 7, 2021. [1]

In 2006, Shah was named to Crain's New York Business' 40 Under 40. [8] In 2011, FOLIO: Magazine named Shah to its FOLIO: 40. [9] Shah was also named Online Publisher of the Year by MinOnline and Innovator of the Year by BtoB's Media Business, and has been inducted into MinOnline's Digital Hall of Fame. [10]

In 2014, Shah was named Chairman of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Silber, Tony (October 11, 2021). "Ziff Davis Spins Off Cloud-Services Division, Becomes Standalone Media Company Again". MediaPost. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vivek Shah | Chief Executive Officer, J2 Global Inc". Bloomberg News . Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  3. ↑ O'Malley, Gavin (June 4, 2010). "Ziff Davis Bought Out, Vivek Shah Assumes CEO Role". MediaPost. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  4. ↑ Plambeck, Joseph (June 4, 2010). "Former Manager at Time Inc. Buys Ziff Davis". The New York Times . Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  5. ↑ Shields, Mike (May 15, 2014). "How Ziff Davis Came Back From the Dead By Embracing Ad Tech". Wall Street Journal . Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  6. ↑ Griffith, Erin (October 29, 2015). "How Ziff Davis survived the death of print". Fortune . Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  7. ↑ Chen, I-Chun (October 28, 2017). "j2 Global Inc. Chief Executive Nehemia Zucker will step down and be succeeded by Vivek Shah on Jan. 1, 2018". BizJournals . Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  8. ↑ "40 Under 40 Class Of 2006". Crain's New York Business. March 31, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ "The 2011 FOLIO: 40". FOLIO. April 20, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  10. ↑ Brandt, Darren (May 3, 2010). "TheStreet.com, Inc. Appoints Former Time Inc. Digital Executive and Fortune/Money Group President to its Board of Directors". TheStreet.com . Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  11. ↑ Shields, Mike (February 9, 2014). "New IAB Chairman Takes Industry to Task". Adweek . Retrieved January 2, 2020.


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