Michael J. Wolf
Michael J. Wolf is a businessman, management consultant and entertainment executive.
Education
Wolf graduated from Columbia University in 1984.
Career
Wolf is co-founder and CEO of the technology and strategy-consulting company, Activate Consulting. He co-founded the firm in 2010 with Anil Dash.
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. He left MTV in 2007. As a consultant to the entertainment industry, he oversaw Comcast’s acquisition of AT&T’s cable television systems. He worked with Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to develop its satellite television division. He is credited with coining the phrase "Alpha Consumer". He helped create Booz Allen Hamilton's media and entertainment practice and sat on the firm's operating council. Sotheby’s elected Wolf to its board of directors in 2019.
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.
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. 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.
Books
* The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives ()
Education
Wolf graduated from Columbia University in 1984.
Career
Wolf is co-founder and CEO of the technology and strategy-consulting company, Activate Consulting. He co-founded the firm in 2010 with Anil Dash.
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. He left MTV in 2007. As a consultant to the entertainment industry, he oversaw Comcast’s acquisition of AT&T’s cable television systems. He worked with Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation to develop its satellite television division. He is credited with coining the phrase "Alpha Consumer". He helped create Booz Allen Hamilton's media and entertainment practice and sat on the firm's operating council. Sotheby’s elected Wolf to its board of directors in 2019.
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.
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. 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.
Books
* The Entertainment Economy: How Mega-Media Forces are Transforming Our Lives ()
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