Mark Jung
Mark was the co-founder and CEO of IGN Entertainment a leading Internet media and services company for videogaming and other forms of digital entertainment. Most recently he is the CEO of Vudu, a leading provider of digital home entertainment and interactive television services. Prior to joining Vudu, Mark was the Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media. He has spent the last 18 years as a successful internet CEO and entrepreneur.
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Mark Jung has spent the last 18 years as a successful internet CEO and entrepreneur. He is currently the CEO of Vudu, a leading provider of digital home entertainment and interactive television services.
Prior to joining Vudu, Mark was the Chief Operating Officer of Fox Interactive Media (FIM) where he was responsible for all of its internet properties including MySpace, IGN Entertainment, FoxSports.com, Scout Media, and AmericanIdol.com. Prior to FIM, Mark was the co-founder and CEO of IGN Entertainment (formerly Snowball.com), a leading Internet media and services company for videogaming and other forms of digital entertainment that he took public in March 2000 and then private in August 2003.
Mark led IGN's sale to NewsCorp, the parent company of Fox Interactive Media, for $650 million in October 2005. Prior to founding IGN, Mark was the co-founder and CEO of Worldtalk Corporation, an Internet security company that he took public in 1996 and that has since merged with Tumbleweed Communications.
Mark holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. He is an active member of the Golden Gate Chapter of YPO, and is Chairman of the Board of Songbird (POTI), as well as a member of the Board of Directors of 3PAR and the San Francisco Symphony.
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