Benjamin Lakoff
United States
Mr. Jordan Hoffner serves as Vice President, Head of Partnerships and Business Operations at Samsung NEXT Ventures. He serves as Advisory Board Member at Dragonfly Group (United States). He is an accomplished media executive, innovator and change agent with over two decades of digital media, traditional media and technology experience. He is the global lead of strategy, innovation and partnerships for Samsung NEXT. Prior to Samsung, Jordan was the CEO of Salon Media Group where he led the turnaround, restructure and sale of the iconic pioneering, award-winning news site, Salon.com. Prior to joining Salon Media Group, Jordan served as CEO of Federated Media, a Media General company and leader in native advertising, ad technology and influencer marketing for digital and TV. He has held senior level strategy and business development roles at Google and YouTube. While at YouTube, Jordan led the content partnerships and business development teams in the Americas for YouTube where he was able to secure deals with nearly all of the major media companies, news organizations and sports leagues. In addition, Hoffner accepted the company's 2008 prestigious Peabody Award for YouTube's involvement with CNN in presenting a new format for the Democratic National Debates as well as promoting a free exchange of ideas expressed in video formats around the world. After YouTube, Hoffner was on the founding leadership team for the IAC entertainment venture Electus in partnership with former NBC Entertainment president, Ben Silverman, where he held the role of President of Digital. In addition, Jordan is an entrepreneur and angel investor having started and incubated multiple businesses in the media and technology sector. He began his career as an accomplished NBC News producer before moving to the business side of the company and taking on roles as Director of Corporate Development, General Manager of NBC Weather Plus and VP, Digital Studios at NBCUniversal. He earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Vassar College and a MBA in finance from NYU's Stern School of Business. He currently sits as a council member for the nonprofit organization Common Sense Media.
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