He served as CEO of Ticketmaster from 2000-2005 (NASDAQ: TMCS for 14 quarters before going private). Prior to joining EA, he served as President and CEO of the consumer driven healthcare start-up, Revolution Heath, which ultimately merged with Everyday Health.įrom 1996-2005, Pleasants served in various capacities at Ticketmaster and parent company Interactive Corp (IAC). Before leading Playdom, Pleasants served as President of Publishing and COO of Electronic Arts (EA), the world’s leading game publisher, where he oversaw global operations for the company and drove EA’s digital agenda. Previously, Pleasants served as CEO of Playdom, a leading social gaming company, which was founded in February 2008 and acquired by Disney in August 2010. He also oversaw Disney Interactive’s global network of game development studios and mobile content services. In this role, he lead the overall strategy for Disney Interactive’s ~$1 billion multi-faceted digital games business, which includes games and virtual worlds across console, social, mobile and online platforms. Pleasants has overseen the acquisitions, mergers and integrations of 34 companies totaling ~$1.5 billion across gaming, ticketing, online dating, local services and consumer-driven healthcare.įrom 2010 through 2013, Pleasants served as Co-President of Disney Interactive. In these consumer-facing businesses, some with enterprise customers, he has scaled business models in ecommerce transactions, subscriptions, advertising, content / service purchases and in-app transactions. As a CEO and President, Pleasants has built and run start-ups as well as divisions of worldwide media and Internet conglomerates. John Pleasants is a dynamic, high-tech internet executive that has led public and private companies to implicit market capitalization and investor gains of more than $5 billion over the past 15 years. John Pleasants, Advisor at SparkLabs Global Ventures You can register on the eventbrite page here(English) or OnOffMix page here (Korean). Moderated by Catherine Shu from TechCrunch
Short Program: "Global Investment Trends & Investor Tales" **Translation available in English and Korean
They will also discuss their experiences as entrepreneurs, executives, investors and startup advisors to companies such as Facebook (IPO), Playdom (acquired by Disney), Summly (acquired by Yahoo!), Siri (acquired by Apple), OpenFeint (acquired by GREE), and DeepMind (acquire by Google).ġ:00-2:30 Intro and 1st half of demo+pitchĢ:30-2:45 Break 2:45-3:45 2nd half of demo+pitchĤ:00-5:00 “Global Investment Trends & Investor Tales” Team members of SparkLabs Global Ventures, John Pleasants, Frank Meehan and Net Jacobsson, will discuss global technology trends they see happening in today’s market. Advisor and investor in Crowdstar, OpenFeint (sold to GREE for $104M), Playhopper (Founder), P1 (Board of Directors), and others. Facebook’s first Head of International business development. Net Jacobsson, Co-founder & General Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures. 2012 Wired UK Top 100 in tech, and Vanity Fair’s The Next Establishment list 2010. Previously with Horizons Ventures (HK), representing them on the boards of Spotify, Siri, Summly and others. John Pleasants, Advisor at SparkLabs Global Ventures and former President of Disney Interactive, COO of Electronic Arts, and CEO of Ticketmaster.įrank Meehan, Co-founder & General Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures. There will be an engaging panel discussion with our team from SparkLabs Global Ventures, our affiliated seed fund: The companies presenting will be: 1Day1Song, Flow State Media, PentaPress, Peopleware, Domo Bio, Freenters, and RingU We are excited for our 3rd batch to present to the general public.
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