Michael J. Wolf

Michael J. Wolf is a businessman, management consultant and entertainment executive.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He was the former President of MTV Networks and has served on the boards of Yahoo! and Sotheby's.[8]

Michael J. Wolf
NationalityUnited States
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
OccupationEntertainment executive
Years active1990s - present
Notable work
"The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives"[1]

Education

Wolf graduated from Columbia University in 1984.[9][10][11]

Career

Wolf is co-founder and CEO of the technology and strategy-consulting company, Activate Consulting.[12][6][13] He co-founded the firm in 2010 with Anil Dash.[14]

In 2005, Wolf was President and Chief Operating Officer of Viacom’s MTV Networks, During his tenure at Viacom, Wolf advised Mark Zuckerberg, as noted in David Kirkpatrick’s 2010 book, The Facebook Effect.[3][15] He left MTV in 2007.[8]

Wolf previously worked in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton and was a partner at McKinsey & Company.[16][17] As a consultant to the entertainment industry, he oversaw Comcast’s acquisition of AT&T’s cable television systems.[18] He worked with Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to develop its satellite television division. He is credited with coining the phrase "Alpha Consumer".[5][6] He helped create Booz Allen Hamilton's media and entertainment practice and sat on the firm's operating council.[17] He was also credited by Cathleen Black, President of Hearst Magazines, as having played an instrumental role in the formation of the Newspaper Association of America.[17]

In 2012, Daniel Loeb nominated Wolf to join Yahoo!’s board, where Wolf was elected and served until 2013.[19] Sotheby’s elected Wolf to its board of directors in 2019.[20][21][22]

Since 2014, Wolf has been a featured speaker at the annual Wall Street Journal Tech Live, (formerly D.Live) conference and other conferences to discuss the tech and media trends.[23][24][25][26]

Authorship

In his book, The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives, published by Random House, Wolf described his work with clients Viacom, Richard Branson and The Walt Disney Company.[27][28] Published in 1999, the book predicted that "new media will not eat old media's lunch – at least not right away" and posited that "no new medium has ever killed off another; it has only influenced changes in it." The book’s central theme is the economic impact of the intersection between entertainment and technology.[29][30]

Books
  • The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives (ISBN 978-0812930429)

References
  1. "A Business Book that Says there's No Business Except Show Business". Esquire. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. "Media vets Wolf and Dash launch Activate". The Hollywood Reporter. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. Carter, Bill (November 2005). "MTV Is Expected to Appoint Media Strategist as President". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-06-03.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "התחזית השנתית של Activate Consulting: "גיימינג הוא הפרדיגמה החדשה"". Maarvi. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. "Michael J. Wolf: When Technology, Media and E-Commerce Collide". Business of Fashion. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. Ovide, Shira (25 February 2010). "Tech, Media Veterans Team Up on New Consulting Firm". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. "Activate's Michael J. Wolf throws dinner bash in Davos". New York Post. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. Fabrikant, Geraldine; Carter, Bill (2007-01-12). "Head of MTV Networks Leaving". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  9. "All the World's A Stage". Columbia College Today. September 1999. Retrieved August 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Moses, Lucia (January 30, 2011). "A Wolf in the Kitchen". AdWeek. Retrieved August 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "Alumni in the News". Columbia College Today. Winter 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Activate CEO Michael J. Wolf talks about the upcoming video game wars and the impact on the Metaverse". Digital Journal. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  13. "The Future of Technology: 16 Predictions". Barron's. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  14. "Wolf Leaves MTV's Pack". Forbes. 2007-01-12. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  15. "Mark Zuckerberg: The temptation of Facebook's CEO". Fortune. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  16. "Michael J. Wolf". WSJ Tech Live. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  17. "40 Under 40 - Michael J. Wolf". Crain's New York Business. 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  18. "Why one consultant thinks Apple and Amazon are guaranteed winners in the streaming wars". CNBC. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  19. "Activist Investor to Step Down from Yahoo! Board". New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  20. "Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Legend Max Levchin Joins Yahoo Board, Intuit's Smith And Weather Channels's Kenny Leave". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  21. Sotheby's. "Michael J. Wolf Appointed To Sotheby's Board Of Directors". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  22. "Michael J. Wolf". Crain's New York Business. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  23. "What Uber, Virgin Galactic, Activate CEOs Said At WSJ Tech Live". Benzinga. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  24. "The biggest tech trends of 2019, according to top experts". Fast Company. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  25. Chmielewski, Dawn (2015-10-20). "Activate CEO Michael J. Wolf Says Mobile Messaging Is Big -- And Getting Bigger". Vox. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  26. Kim, Yun-Hee (2015-10-20). "Asian Messaging Platforms Generate More Revenue Than Their U.S. Peers, Strategist Michael Wolf Says". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  27. "WorldCat Listing". Retrieved 2021-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. "With the Net, nothing is real - not even profits". The Guardian. 1999-09-12. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  29. Wolff, Michael (1999-07-19). "Wolf(f) Like Me". New York. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  30. Taylor, Laurie (1999-09-08). "Off Cuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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