Vivek Shah

Chief Executive

J2 Global Inc.

THE LATEST: J2 Global in May announced that it had achieved 24 consecutive fiscal years of revenue growth. In the past 12 months, the publicly traded company, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of its IPO last July, made several significant acquisitions, including VPN provider IPVanish, IT marketplace SpiceWorks and pregnancy and early childhood parenting site BabyCenter (which just launched an online community area for expectant parents to discuss challenges during Covid-19). At the end of January, J2 Global moved its headquarters from Hollywood to downtown L.A.

BACKGROUND: Founded in 1995, J2 Global provides internet services through its business services and digital media arms. The company reaches 180 million people per month, and has 4.6 million subscribers. In all J2 has made 184 acquisitions, 150 of those since 2010. Before joining J2 in 2018, Shah worked as chief executive of Ziff Davis, a global digital media company focused on technology, gaming and shopping that J2 acquired in 2012. Shah also worked in management positions at Time Inc. He recently joined the boards of StreetSquash and The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Foundation Inc.

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