Johannes Larcher

Current

SVP International at Hulu

Past

Co-Founder & CEO at Pikum!
President & CEO at Academy123, Inc.
VP & General Manager, International at Friendster Inc.

Chief Of Staff at Overture Services Inc. / Yahoo! Inc.
General Manager, Overture International at Overture Services Inc. (formerly: GoTo.com)
Director, International at Korn Ferry Futurestep
Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co.

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Education

Wharton School of Business

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Industry

Online Media

Johannes Larcher’s Summary

Senior executive with experience building, running, and expanding technology and media businesses around the globe.

Johannes Larcher’s Specialties:

International business development; General Management; Strategy definition; Organizational structuring; M&A Integration; Deal Negotiation and Alliance Development. All kinds of stuff, useful and not.

Johannes Larcher’s Experience

SVP International

Hulu

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

Leadership of Hulu's international business.
Co-Founder & CEO

Pikum!

(Entertainment industry)

March 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Pikum! was a First Round Capital and Virgin funded online social gaming startup focused on the UK market.
President & CEO

Academy123, Inc.

(E-Learning industry)

March 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 9 months)

Based on our proprietary multimedia technology, built the Internet's leading homework help application for mathematics grades 3 to 12. Sold to Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, in 2006.
VP & General Manager, International

Friendster Inc.

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)

Hired to lead Friendster's international expansion efforts. Negotiated initial wireless distribution partnerships in South East Asia.
Chief Of Staff

Overture Services Inc. / Yahoo! Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

May 2003 — November 2003 (7 months)

Organizational Structuring and Design; M&A Integration; co-led the Yahoo! / Overture integration.
General Manager, Overture International

Overture Services Inc. (formerly: GoTo.com)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

June 1999 — May 2003 (4 years )

P&L responsibility for International Division; Grew from concept stage to $400mill + revenue, 12 countries and 400+ employees; Key markets were UK, Germany, Japan and Korea. Responsible for major distribution partnerships (TOnline, Yahoo Japan, Freeserve, Daum Korea etc.); product strategy and management; sales and marketing strategy; and centralized support services unit.
Director, International

Korn Ferry Futurestep

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KFY; Internet industry)

October 1998 — June 1999 (9 months)

Responsible for international rollout of KFI's Futurestep online recruiting business.
Management Consultant

McKinsey & Co.

(Partnership; Management Consulting industry)

October 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 1 month)

Strategy Consulting engagements for clients in media and entertainment industry. Served various broadcasting, satellite TV, and music industry clients on a wide range of growth and restructuring projects.