Jim Bankoff

Jim Bankoff
Born James Philip Bankoff
(1969-12-23) December 23, 1969
Nationality American
Alma mater Emory University
Wharton School of Business
Occupation Chairman and CEO of Vox Media
Spouse(s) Diane Elson (m. 2003)

James Philip "Jim" Bankoff (December 23, 1969)[1] is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Vox Media and is also a senior adviser for Providence Equity Partners.[2][3]

Early life and education

Bankoff is the son of Marvin Bankoff and Adrienne Bankoff, and the stepson of Donna Bankoff.[1] He was raised in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and New York City, New York.[4] Bankoff graduated from Emory University with a BA in International studies.[3] He also holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Bankoff was the an executive vice president of programming and products at AOL. At AOL, he helped developed Aol.com, Mapquest, Moviefone, AOL Music, Netscape and AOL Instant Messenger. He is also known for establishing websites TMZ, Fanhouse, BloggingStocks and Engadget. He was awarded an Emmy Award for his role as Executive Producer of the Live 8 concerts online.[5]

Bankoff joined the online publishing company then named SportsBlogs as CEO in 2009.[6][7] The company was later renamed Vox Media.[6] In April 2014, Vox Media launched Vox.com, a general news and news analysis website.[7]

Personal life

On April 26, 2003, Bankoff married Diane Leslie Elson, founder of New York City rug design company Elson & Company at the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Harbour Island in the Bahamas.[1][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Diane Elson, James Bankoff". The New York Times. 27 April 2003.
  2. ↑ The 16th Annual Stanford Accel Symposium
  3. 1 2 James P. Bankoff Joins Providence as Senior Advisor | Reuters
  4. ↑ Davis, Noah (July 24, 2013). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, JIM BANKOFF, CEO OF VOX MEDIA?". Mediabistro. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ Time Warner's AOL Wins Emmy for New Online Category (Update1) - Bloomberg
  6. 1 2 "Built on passion: How Vox Media grew from its roots as an Oakland A's blog into one of the Internet's biggest publishers". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  7. 1 2 Farhi, Paul (2014-04-07). "Vox Media ventures into general news and news analysis with Vox.com". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  8. ↑ diane elson | elson&company | tibetan carpets and dhurries

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