David F. Zucker

Current

• CEO at Petty Holdings, LLC

Past

• President & CEO at Midway Games
• President & COO at Playboy
• President & CEO at Skillgames, LLC/Walker Digital

• President & CEO at DIVA Systems
• Executive Vice President at ESPN
• Director Programming at Eurosport
• Manager, Current Series Television at ABC Entertainment
• Executive Publisher, Travel Agent Magazine at Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Fairchild Publications
• Financial Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs

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Education

• Harvard Business School
• Princeton University

Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

David F. Zucker’s Experience

• CEO

  Petty Holdings, LLC

  (Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Owner Richard Petty Driving Experience (NASCAR ride and drive stock car experiences), interest in Richard Petty Motorsports (NASCAR Sprint Cup race teams- Kasey Kahne #9, Elliot Sadler #19, Reed Sorenson #43, AJ Allmendinger #44

• President & CEO

  Midway Games

  (Public Company; MWY; Computer Games industry)

  May 2003 — April 2008 (5 years)

  leading publisher and developer of console and pc video games

• President & COO

  Playboy

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PLA; Entertainment industry)

  May 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 1 month)

• President & CEO

  Skillgames, LLC/Walker Digital

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  October 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 9 months)

  Skillgames- CEO, Online games company funded by walker digital and the Walt Disney company
  Walker Digital- Managing Director, Online business incubation and IP company

• President & CEO

  DIVA Systems

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 8 months)

  video on demand hardward/software supplier to the cable industry

• Executive Vice President

  ESPN

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry)

  September 1991 — February 1999 (7 years 6 months)

  Director Programming, Eurosport- 1991-1993
  Vice President Programming, ESPN- 1993-1994
  Senior Vice President, ESPN International- 1994-1995
  Executive Vice President, Managing Director, ESPN International- 1996- 1999

• Director Programming

  Eurosport

  (Entertainment industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

• Manager, Current Series Television

  ABC Entertainment

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)

  September 1990 — September 1991 (1 year 1 month)

• Executive Publisher, Travel Agent Magazine

  Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. Fairchild Publications

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  June 1988 — September 1990 (2 years 4 months)

• Financial Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions

  Goldman Sachs

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GS; Investment Banking industry)

  July 1984 — May 1986 (1 year 11 months)

David F. Zucker’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  MBA , 1986 — 1988

• Princeton University

  1980 — 1984