Mitch Thrower
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| Born: | January 16, 1969 La Jolla California |
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| Occupation: | publisher and entrepreneur and financier and author and reality TV and movies and triathlete and financier |
| Website: | http://www.mitchthrower.com |
Mitch Thrower (Frederick Mitchell Thrower, III). (January 16, 1968 – ) often referred to as Gatsby or IRONMITCH, is an American, philanthropist, triathlete, journalist, socialite, financier and publisher. Born in Doctor’s Hospital in New York City, he is the son of the late Frederick Mitchell Thrower II, the President of WPIX-TV in New York (Channel 11) and Lori Thrower, who was one of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis assistants and often commuted with Jacqueline Kennedy to and from work. He is the younger brother of half-sister Wendy Thrower and he was the younger brother to the deceased Stacey Thrower.
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[edit] Early life
Born when his father served as president of the Independent TV Station WPIX, Mitch Thrower (Frederick Mitchell Thrower III) was surrounded by media and the birth of many of the early innovations in the world of Television. He lived for the first ten years of his life in Dobbs Ferry, New York, before his family moved to Westport, CT, and then later, Greenfield Hill, Connecticut. His nickname "Gatsby" came from the lavish parties and social events thrown while living in Greenfield Hill. His father Fred Thrower was the creator of the Yule Log on WPIX-TV. The WPIX Yule Log the famous and iconic image of the 1960s - a holiday presentation of a fireplace and music on television. Many people view the Yule Log as the very first Music Video. Prior to his time at WPIX, Thrower’s father was the Vice President of Sales for NBC.
[edit] Education
Mitch Thrower attended Staples High School in Westport, CT and was a star Lacrosse goalie. He the attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York for his 4 years of undergraduate education, spending a summer studying strategy at Yale University, graduating from St. Lawrence University in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in Philosophy. At Saint Lawrence University, Thrower was a member of Sigma Chi. He was also the president of his debating team. He competed in the World Championships of Parliamentary Debate in 1989 and 1990. In 1995 and 1996 he attended the UCSD to study math and economics. In 2001, he earned a M.B.A.) degree from the University of San Diego.
[edit] Career
Thrower spoke at his univeristy graduation at Saint Lawrence University, and he currently is a speaker for Vistage, and he has lectured at many colleges such as Stanford University, Anderson School at UCLA and the University of San Diego. He also served as the “Entrepreneur in Residence” teaching Entrepreneurship at USD. He co-founded The College/Rail Connection, Inc, in 1990 which he managed until 1997 when he sold it to Student Advantage which then sold it to the Wandrian Group. His company sold Eurail Passes to college students. In 1997 he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Triathlete Magazine, the world’s largest triathlon magazine where he serves now as Chairman. In late 1997 he raised substantial venture capital and co-founded RaceGate.com which later changed its name to The Active Network (Active.com), a company that provides online registration, sports marketing and software. The Active Network was on the Inc. Magazine 500 fastest growing companies list in 2005 and 2006, and as of March of 2007, employed over 500 people around the world as what is effectively the Ticketmaster of participatory sports. He also co-founded and was the CEO of The Active Europe Network, Ltd. --which operates Active’s business model in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He is also the founder and chairman of the California non profit group The La Jolla Foundation, which, through its initiative Project Active, works around the globe on the initiative to diffuse world tensions through sport.
[edit] Author
Mitch Thrower is the Author of “The Attention Deficit Workplace: Winning Strategies for Success in Today’s Fast-Paced Business Environment,” published by Lyons Press and is the author of the popular monthly column, “Starting Lines” in Triathlete Magazine, and the Ironmitch.com blog. He is also the author of a weekly column for BizSanDiego Magazine. He was also the co-author of the travel guide The Passport which, for several years was distributed to 50,000 college students before traveling abroad each year.
[edit] TV and Movies
In 2005, Mitch Thrower was featured and profiled on the TV show Fantasy Camp on The Fine Living Network. He is also featured in several montage videos on the Triathlete.tv network. In 2007 Thrower will star in the feature length film by Fluid Motion Pictures, titled “Life’s a Mitch.”
[edit] Relationships
Thrower is often-seen and photographed at various triathlons and social events and in La Jolla California and New York City with female Socialites. He dated AJ Johnsen, Michael Ovitz's assistant, from 1993-1995, and Swedish model and beauty contestant Linda Pontander in 1996. He also dated Storm Models supermodel Tuuli Shipster who is featured in the 2007 book “Tuulitastic.”
[edit] Sister’s Death
On June 12, 1982, at the age of 16, his older sister Stacey passed away from a prolonged illness. She died in Mitch Thrower's arms as he was administering CPR.
[edit] Knee Surgeries and Triathlon
On February 12, 1989, Thrower was injured on the ice while in college and had the first of 4 complicated knee surgeries (two on each knee) which successfully repaired damage to the bone and cartilage in both knees. In 1990 Thrower Started running again. In 1993 he started to pursue triathlons. Thrower won several triathlons and has participated 15 Ironman Triathlons including 10 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
[edit] See also
- IRONMITCH BLOG
- Triathlete Magazine
- Project Active
- The Active Network
- The Active Europe Network
- Attention Deficit Workplace
- Kennedy family
- The Yule Log
