John Battelle
@johnbattelle
Co-Founder and CEO
Recount Media
Mr. Battelle is co-founder and Executive Chair of Recount Media Inc., a NY-based media platform. He also serves as chairman of the board at sovrn Holdings, LLC and a Director at LiveRamp, an NYSE listed company. In addition, he is Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Scholar at the School for International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He previously was founder and CEO of six media and technology companies, including Federated Media, the Industry Standard, and Wired. In 2005, Mr. Battelle wrote “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture” (Penguin/Portfolio).
Mr. Battelle holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley.