Michael Wolf (economist)

Michael Wolf is the founder and managing partner of ACTIVATE, a technology and strategy firm. He also currently serves on the boards of Entercom Communications Corporation. (NYSE: ETM), the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States, iAmplify.com, a Web-based content publisher and syndication network and the world's largest selection of expert video and audio downloads, and on the Board of Advisors for Slide.com, the world’s leading social entertainment company, which was sold to Google for approximately 200 million dollars in August 2010. Michael Wolf was formerly the president and former COO of MTV Networks. During his tenure at MTV Mr. Wolf became one of Mark Zuckerberg's early mentors, as chronicled in "The Facebook Effect", by David Kirkpatrick Wolf formerly was a Director of McKinsey & Company, the international consultancy, and head of its Global Media and Entertainment Practice. Before joining McKinsey in 2001, Wolf was a senior partner with Booz & Company, where he spearheaded its media and entertainment group. Wolf is the author of publications on the subjects of entertainment, economics, non-fiction, e-business strategies and the development of global media. Michael was named by Silicon Alley 100 as one New York's Coolest Tech People In 2010.