Joshua (Josh) S. Meyers

Current

• CEO at People Media Inc.

Past

• GM, Yahoo Publisher Network & GM Domain Match at Yahoo
• Sr. Manager, Corporate Development at Overture Services
• Senior Manager, Corporate Development at Overture

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Joshua (Josh) S. Meyers’s Summary

Josh Meyers joined People Media in June 2007 as Chief Executive Officer. People Media is a leading provider of online personals and the #1 provider of niche dating communities. Mr. Meyers has nearly 10 years of internet experience spanning equity research, corporate development, and leadership of internet businesses. Prior to joining People Media, Mr. Meyers was an executive at Yahoo within the Search Marketing Division. While at Yahoo, Mr. Meyers founded and led Domain Match, a paid search adaptation designed for domain publishers, and over a span of 3 years grew it nearly 100% annually to more than $500 million in revenue. Previously, Meyers was Senior Manager of Corporate Development for paid search pioneer Overture Services (acquired by Yahoo in 2003). In this role, Meyers was in the ‘eye of the storm’ in the early growth days of the $10 billion paid search industry, where he supported strategic partnerships and acquisition opportunities, and led investor relations with institutional shareholders. Prior to joining Overture, Meyers was an Equity Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray, focusing on the Internet sector. During the dotcom boom and bust of 2000-2002, Mr. Meyers and his senior partner, Safa Rashtchy, built one of the most well-know and credible franchises in Internet equity research, which lasted until Rashtchy’s retirement in 2006. Mr. Meyers holds a B.A. in Political Science from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Joshua (Josh) S. Meyers’s Experience

• CEO

  People Media Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  People Media is the leading provider of vertically focused online dating communities, operating more than 20 individual websites, reaching more than 1.5 million unique users each month. Many of our sites are the most popular in their category, including BlackPeopleMeet.com, the #1 dating site for Black & African Americans. People Media is a major force in the online dating space which, according to Jupiter Research, will reach $1.2 billion in worldwide revenues by 2009.