Eric Hippeau

Eric Hippeau is a partner at Lerer Ventures, a New York City based angel fund specializing in financing technology startups. Prior to this, Hippeau was the CEO of the Huffington Post which he joined in June, 2009, after investing through SoftBank Capital and taking a Board seat in 2006. Hippeau joined HuffPost in June 2009. Prior to joining HuffPost, Hippeau was managing partner at SoftBank Capital. Hippeau joined SoftBank Capital in 2000 from Ziff-Davis, Inc., where he was Chairman and CEO. Hippeau joined Ziff-Davis in 1989 as Publisher of PC Magazine. He became President in 1991 and Chairman and CEO in 1993. In 1995, SoftBank acquired Ziff-Davis, and Hippeau continued in the role of CEO until 2000, when the company was sold. Hippeau was also responsible for founding ZDTV, a cable channel dedicated to technology and the Internet. Hippeau was President of SoftBank International Ventures, where he established SoftBanks international private equity funds and expanded them into Europe, Latin America and Asia. He was also SB Capitals board representative for its direct investments in companies, such as Yahoo!, Geocities and CNET. Hippeau serves on the boards of several public and private companies including Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, BuddyMedia, and BuzzFeed. He served on Yahoo!'s board of directors . He is also on the investment committee for the SB Asia Infrastrcture Fund. Hippeau graduated from the Lycee Francais de Londres and attended the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Past CV-- Mr. Eric C. Hippeau has been a Managing Partner, Special Partner, and Advisor of Softbank Capital since March 2000. He was a Managing Partner of Softbank Capital until 2009. Mr. Hippeau served as the President and Executive Managing Director at SOFTBANK Europe Ventures and Softbank European Ventures. He served as the President and Executive Managing Director at SOFTBANK International Ventures from March 2000 to November 2002, an affiliate of SOFTBANK, where he established its international funds and expanded them into Europe, Latin America and Asia. He also serves as Director of Softbank. Mr. Hippeau serves as Managing Partner of SAIF Partners. He serves as a Managing Director and Partner at Lerer Ventures and an Advisor at PureVideo Networks Inc. He served as the Managing Partner of Softbank Capital. Mr. Hippeau served as an Advisor of Lerer Ventures. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at HuffingtonPost.com LLC until March, 2011. He served as a Media Industry Chief Executive Officer, having spent over 25 years in senior management positions at large media companies. Mr. Hippeau served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Ziff-Davis Inc., from 1998 to October 2000. He joined Ziff-Davis Inc., in 1989 as a Publisher at Pc Magazine and served as its Executive Vice President since 1990 and President and Chief Operating Officer since February 1991. He held various other positions with Ziff-Davis from 1989 to 1993. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at ZD Inc., of Ziff-Davis Inc., from 1993 to March 2000. His experience, prior to joining Ziff-Davis includes senior executive positions at International Data Group. He was responsible for founding ZDTV. Mr. Hippeau held a number of positions with IDG, including Vice President of Computer Publications in Latin America and Publisher of its InfoWorld magazine. He served as President of Electron Economy. He directed several successful magazines and marketing service launches in the technology and Internet field. He was an International Technology Business Investor and Media Leader. He has been a Director of Danger, Inc. since January 2003, Global Crossing North America Inc. since 1998, Goodmail Systems, Inc. since December 2006 and Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc. since April 1999. Mr. Hippeau has been a Director of Insider Pages, Inc. since March 2006. He has been a Director of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. since April 1999. He served as a Trustee of Starwood Hotels & Resorts since April 1999. Mr. Hippeau has been a Member of Advisory Board of Criteo Corp. since December 1, 2011. Mr. Hippeau serves as a Director of PureVideo Networks Inc., Thumbplay, Inc., diamonds.com, National Leisure Group, Herring Communications Inc., Toysrus.com LLC, LiteScape Technologies, Perpetual Entertainment, Inc., Buddy Media, Inc., and Contagious Media, LLC. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at SmallRivers SA. Mr. Hippeau served as Director of Beliefnet, Inc. since June 29, 2005. He served as a Director of CNET Networks Inc., since October 2000. He served on Yahoo!'s board of directors until 2011. He served as a Director of Asia Global Crossing Ltd. since September 1999 and RHC Media, Inc. He served as a Director of Yahoo! Inc. from January 1996 to April 1, 2011. Mr. Hippeau served as Director of Associated Content Inc. and Rivet Games, Inc. (Formerly FooMojo, Inc). He served as a Director of Global Crossing Ltd. since September 1999, Ziff-Davis Inc. since April 1998, Odimo Inc., from February 2000 to July 24, 2006 and Yahoo! Geocities since January 1997. Mr. Hippeau served as a Director of I-Group HotBank NE, ZD Inc. and Electron Economy Inc. Mr. Hippeau graduated from the Lycee Francais de Londres and attended the Sorbonne University in Paris.

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